Serviceman
Benjamin King
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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
- 36460640
- Rank
- Pvt (6 December 1943), Pvt (22 January 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
3 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 22 January 1944; grades seen: 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.
- 1943-12 817th: Trfd to $18th Bomb Sq this Gp
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Delay enroute 1 15 days ) to dy dy per MOS
- 1944-01-22 815th: J Reld of dy & trfd to Hq Det IIIBC , this sta.
National Archives pages: roll 458052819 p. 985, roll 458052819 p. 995, roll 461010974 p. 897
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