Serviceman

Knepler

840thHQ

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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: 36258795
Rank: Pfc (27 June 1944), Pfc (3 August 1944), Cpl (13 August 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 28 February 1944, last 13 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1944-02-28 HQ: Steven J. Kokinda 3335160C 747 Patrick D. Lavelle
1944-06-27 840th: 52 Dy to hosp (ID), 22 Jun 44. (26th Gen Hosp, Bari, Italy). OFFICER
1944-08-03 840th: 1
1944-08-13 840th: Reld of dy & trfd to Repl Depot No 7, APO 520, per Ltr, Order 15th AF, dtd 9 Aug 44.

National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 364, roll 478083643 p. 48, roll 566195336 p. 1792, roll 566195336 p. 1810

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