Serviceman

Kenneth E Jordan

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Army serial number

31336235

Rank

Pvt (15 January 1944), Pvt (2 February 1944), Cpl (5 May 1944), PFC (21 August 1944), T/Sgt (16 September 1944), SSGT (18 October 1944)

Hometown

NEW BRUNSWICK NJ; New Brunswick, NJ

Also written

Kenneth Jordan

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 44, 230, 265

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Joseph F. Condraski Crew, LW · 840th
• Holmes A. Souther Crew · 840th
• Ray H. Whitaker Crew · 840th

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

6 entries, first 3 January 1944, last 16 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt, T/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.

• 1944-01-03 HQ: (501) Pvt Fr dy to fur (12 days) 32 713206 O'Neill
• 1944-01-15 HQ: Fr fur to dy (12 Days) 15 Jan 44
• 1944-02-19 840th: Pfo 6 1
• 1944-02-02 HQ: Pelligrini Ffc. 501
• 1944-05-05 840th: Held of dy & trfd to Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), per Par 2, so 73, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520.
• 1944-09-16 HQ: s/set o and 2 EM fr dy to TD Bothe Best Camp 63 days)

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 853, roll 461010974 p. 885, roll 463205991 p. 747, roll 463205991 p. 777, roll 474640174 p. 58, roll 570051701 p. 1774

Photographs naming him

• Kenneth E Jordan · view at American Air Museum in Britain

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