The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Kenneth C Krause

815th

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Army serial number
11082182
Rank
Cpl (6 May 1944), Cpl (16 June 1944), Cpl (19 June 1944), Cpl (1 July 1944), CPL (28 July 1944), Cpl (28 July 1944), SSGT (16 September 1944), SSGT (8 October 1944), TSGT (15 November 1944), T/Sgt (21 November 1944), T/Sgt (25 November 1944)
Hometown
Brookline MA; BROOKLINE MA
Also written
Kenneth Krause
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 11082182); verify serial 11082181 in morning reports differs by one digit from 11082182; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 11082181); verify serial 11082172 in morning reports differs by one digit from 11082182; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 11082172); verify another record shares the name Krause, Kenneth C (units 815th, 840th, serials 11082182, None); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
28 July 1944Air Medal2134CPL
16 September 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster3435SSGT
8 October 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster3845SSGT
15 November 1944Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster4503TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

2 entries, first 19 June 1944, last 1 July 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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 478080727 p. 206, roll 481431546 p. 149

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