Serviceman

Johnston

840thHQ

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 19055426
Rank: Sgt (1 December 1943), s/Sgt (7 July 1944), T/Sgt (18 October 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

6 entries, first 1 December 1943, last 25 October 1944; grades seen: Sgt, T/Sgt, s/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

1943-12-01 HQ: Above 5 EM fr dy fur (15 Days each)
1943-12-16 HQ: Set Above B EM fr fur (15 Days) to dy.
1944-07-07 840th: Dy to hosp (UID), Auth: AR 35-1440. OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
1944-07-15 840th: S/SEt
1944-10-18 840th: Dy to fur (7 days).
1944-10-25 840th: I/Sgt Fur to dy.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 238, roll 458053820 p. 296, roll 481433713 p. 487, roll 481433713 p. 497, roll 572487240 p. 2541, roll 572487240 p. 2554

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