Serviceman

Mackay

816thHQ

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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: 36326403
Rank: Sgt (20 January 1944), Sgt (7 February 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

5 entries, first 15 December 1943, last 7 February 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-12-15 816th: (405) Sgt.
1944-01-20 816th: trfd td Don Cesar Hosp St. Peter sburg, Fla as of 26 Dec 13. is amended to read
1944-01-20 816th: Sgt5 DOA ab sk Don Cesar Hosp as of 26 Dec 13 FLD o & CAPY 1ST LT
1944-01-31 HQ: Spt fr ab sk Don Cesar Hosp to dy
1944-02-07 816th: J trfd in gr to 488th Bomb Gp FP 3 so 36 B

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 142, roll 461010974 p. 774, roll 461010974 p. 791, roll 463205991 p. 649

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