Serviceman

George Marcum

817thHQ

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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: 35651354
Rank: Pfc (1 February 1944), Pfc (1 July 1944), Pfc (16 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

5 entries, first 26 October 1943, last 20 December 1944; grades seen: Pfc. 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.

1943-10-26 HQ: Pfc Alfred B. Kirlin
1944-02-01 817th: fr fur (11 das) to duty
1944-07-01 817th: fr duty to DS Rest Camp San Spirito FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-11-16 817th: Above 2 hosp (ID) to duty
1944-12-20 817th: fr hosp (ID) to Conf.

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 751, roll 463205991 p. 696, roll 481431546 p. 774, roll 576472397 p. 3603, roll 579002584 p. 3989

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