Serviceman
Len roy N Koutnik
840thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 0759257
- Rank
- 2LT (6 July 1944), 2LT (10 July 1944), 1st Lt (20 July 1944), 2d Lt (20 July 1944), 1st Lt (2 September 1944)
- Hometown
- Beverly Hills CA
- Also written
- Len roy Koutnik
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 0759257); verify
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal | 1603 | 2LT |
| 10 July 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1744 | 2LT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
6 entries, first 12 January 1944, last 7 September 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2d Lt. 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.
- 1944-01-12 HQ: 1091 Kunser 2
- 1944-07-11 840th: 2d It 3 osp to dy
- 1944-07-20 840th: Above 0 promoted fr 2d It to 1st It per Par 3, so 196, Hq 15th AF, APO 520, dtd 14 Jul 44. OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT
- 1944-07-20 840th: set Dy to hosp (ID), 4th Fld Hosp, San Severo, Italy
- 1944-09-02 840th: Hosp to dy, 1 Sept We.
- 1944-09-07 840th: 1st It Reld of dy & trfd to 15th AF Med Disposition Board, APO 520, per Par 3, so 179, Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 6 Sept 44.
National Archives pages: roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 481433713 p. 495, roll 481433713 p. 507, roll 481433713 p. 508, roll 570165454 p. 2610, roll 570165454 p. 2625
Statements, mentions and histories
- 1 more statement from MACR 3909 are on the loss record.
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