Serviceman

Willis Kersten

817thHQ

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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: 36646323
Rank: Pfc (17 November 1943), Pfc (26 July 1944), Pfc (31 July 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

4 entries, first 26 October 1943, last 31 July 1944; grades seen: Pfc. 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.

1943-10-26 HQ: 1st Set John F. Furey
1943-11-17 817th: fr dv to fur (12 days) 39855546 Noe (501) Pvt. fr dy to fur (14 days)
1944-07-26 817th: fr duty to DS Rest Camp San Spirito
1944-07-31 817th: fr DS Rest Camp San Spirito to dy 32861658 Feuerwerker Howard A Pvt 3 fr hosp (LD) to dy

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 751, roll 456415616 p. 801, roll 481431546 p. 826, roll 481431546 p. 837

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