Serviceman

P Kenneth

HQ840th

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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: 34775664
Rank: Pvt (5 May 1944), Pfc (6 June 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Kenneth, P (units HQ, HQ, 840th, 840th, 840th, 815th, 817th, serials 12215420, 34775664, 12141784, 32905618, 37578777); may be the same man

Morning reports

5 entries, first 1 May 1944, last 6 June 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt. 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.

1944-05-05 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Pvt 1 C1 per Par 4, so 70, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520.
1944-05-01 HQ: By order of Lt Colonel YORK: KENNETH P BISHOP Major, Air Corps Adjutant
1944-05-01 HQ: KENNETH P BISHOP Major, Air Corps Adjutant OFFICIAL:
1944-05-05 HQ: By order of Lt Colonel YORK: KENNETH P BISHOP Major, Air Corps Adjutant
1944-06-06 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Cpl (I), per Par 5, so 89, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), dtd 1 Juhe W4.

National Archives pages: roll 474605897 p. 4, roll 474606898 p. 139, roll 474640174 p. 60, roll 474640174 p. 64, roll 478083643 p. 18

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