Serviceman

William Madej

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: 32291535
Rank: Col (25 December 1943), Cpl (24 October 1944), Cpl (21 November 1944), Cpl (22 November 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

4 entries, first 25 December 1943, last 22 November 1944; grades seen: Col, 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.

1943-12-25 HQ: above 8 named EM fr 12 day fur to dy FLD c & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-10-24 815th: Vaughn (685) S/Sgt Alove 18149550 7 EM fr dy to TD at San Spiri- to Rest Camp

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 88, roll 572483765 p. 3431, roll 576472397 p. 3127, roll 576472397 p. 3647

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