Serviceman

Knowlton

815thHQ

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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: 31355744
Rank: Pvt (25 December 1943), Pfc (16 June 1944), Pfc (5 July 1944), Pfc (8 September 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

6 entries, first 29 November 1943, last 10 September 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-11-29 815th: Pvt 8 08
1943-12-25 HQ: above 8 named EM fr 12 day fur to dy FLD c & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-06-16 815th: Fr dy to sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo
1944-07-05 815th: Fr 16 to 19 Jun 44 (Inclusive) NLD, 35-14.00 EM prom list atchd. OFFICER
1944-09-10 815th: Pfc I
1944-09-08 HQ: s 6949996 Arbuckle (014) Dpl s

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 743, roll 458053820 p. 88, roll 478080727 p. 200, roll 481431546 p. 154, roll 570165454 p. 261, roll 570165454 p. 264

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