Serviceman

Knight

815th

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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: 16148727
Rank: S/Sgt (22 February 1944), S/Sgt (25 February 1944), S/Sgt (26 February 1944), T/Sgt (11 June 1944), T/Sgt (14 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

7 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 14 August 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, 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.

1943-12-06 815th: James I Korshak
1944-02-22 815th: fr dy to sick (ID) in hosp
1944-02-25 815th: S/M of M/R of 22 Feb 44 as reads fr dy to sk (ID) in hosp" is amended to read fr dy to sk (?) in hosp
1944-02-26 815th: above EM fr sk (ID) in hosp to dy
1944-06-06 815th: T/Set
1944-06-11 815th: T/3gt
1944-08-14 815th: Above 12 EM trfd to Repl Depot #7 FLD o & CAPT IST LT 2D LT

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 125, roll 463205991 p. 618, roll 463205991 p. 624, roll 463208994 p. 538, roll 478080727 p. 187, roll 478080727 p. 193, roll 566192358 p. 2191

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