The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Carl W. Kleinknecht

817th

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Army serial number
35164291
Rank
T/Sgt (22 July 1944)
Hometown
Richmond, IN
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 91, 155
Sources
heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 35164291); verify another record shares the name Kleinknecht, Carl W. (units HQ, 817th, serials None, 35164291); may be the same man

Crews

Morning reports

1 entry, first 22 July 1944, last 22 July 1944; grades seen: T/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.

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 817

Statements, mentions and histories

arles A 816 2/26/2021 Jay Clifton Loesch, Richard P 817 2/22/2021 Jay Clifton McGee, Manley L 815 1/31/2021 Jay Clifton Kleinknecht, Carl W 817 12/4/2020 Jay Clifton Rivera, Hilario M 817 11/27/2020 Jay Clifton Hill, Edwin B 840 11/20/2020 Jay Clifton Tigh, Charles E 815 9/1/2020 Jay Clifton Tuxw

Kleinknecht, Carl W. in newsletter 2023-04_483rd_Newsletter, page 4. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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