Serviceman
Edgar C Kelley
817th816th
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- Army serial number
- 32292795
- Rank
- Sgt (23 November 1943), Sgt (6 December 1943), Sgt (11 December 1943), Sgt (19 December 1943), Sgt (23 January 1944), SGT (25 March 1945), SSGT (27 April 1945)
- Hometown
- Marysville CA
- Also written
- Edgar Kelley
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 51
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 32292795); verify possible duplicate: Keeley, Edward (816th; sources morning-report)
Crews
- John P. Dailey Crew · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March 1945 | Air Medal | 1745 | SGT |
| 27 April 1945 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 2779 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
6 entries, first 21 October 1943, last 23 January 1944; grades seen: 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.
- 1943-10-21 816th: g+611917 Opl Andy E Monerief
- 1943-11-23 817th: fr duty to fur (13 das) 20 Nov
- 1943-12-06 817th: 31.600669 Danner Renald R (501) Pvt FLD o & CAPT
- 1943-12-11 817th: fr duty to hosp
- 1943-12-19 817th: fr hosp to dy as of 18 Dec 43
- 1944-01-23 817th: J
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 738, roll 456415616 p. 811, roll 458053820 p. 186, roll 458053820 p. 202, roll 458053820 p. 214, roll 461010974 p. 837
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