Serviceman

Kirlin

817thHQ816th

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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: 31316906
Rank: Pvt (15 October 1943), Pfc (19 November 1943), Cpl (2 March 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 15 October 1943, last 2 March 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1943-10-15 817th: Kirlin
1943-10-26 HQ: Pfc Ford L. Moore
1943-11-19 817th: trfd to 816th Bomb Sq. 483rd BG MacDill Fld Fla
1944-03-02 816th: fr sk in hosp to abs sk sta hosp MacDill Fld Fla as of 2 March 1944 UNIT REPORT OF CHANGE 10 0 & 260 EM Entrained at MacDill Fld, Fla

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 724, roll 453519128 p. 751, roll 456415616 p. 805, roll 466076292 p. 313

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