Serviceman

McAlister

840thHQ

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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: 38233522
Rank: Sgt (4 March 1944), Sgt (12 April 1944), Sgt (10 October 1944), Sgt (14 October 1944), Pvt (11 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

10 entries, first 28 February 1944, last 11 November 1944; grades seen: Pvt, 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.

1944-03-04 840th: Dy to hosp (LD?). OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT
1944-02-28 HQ: Martin A. McBride
1944-02-28 HQ: Martin A. McBride
1944-04-12 840th: 52 Dy to hosp (NLD) per. AR 35-7440 as of 11 Apr We FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-04-15 840th: Sgt 3 Hosp to dy. 10 EM dropped for rats only to 6632 Ord Serv Co., OFFICER
1944-09-08 840th: Set Dy to hosp (LD), 11 Sept 44.
1944-09-12 840th: Set Dy to hosp (LD), 11 Sept 44.
1944-10-10 840th: Hosp to dy, 9 Oct We
1944-10-14 840th: /
1944-11-11 HQ: Above 4 EM fr Dy to Conft, 1700, 8 Nov We, at AAB Stodkade, Sterparone, Italy. 36716527 Sasch Col

National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 285, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 466076292 p. 368, roll 469123526 p. 710, roll 469123526 p. 713, roll 570165454 p. 2631, roll 570165454 p. 4140, roll 572487240 p. 2526, roll 572487240 p. 2533, roll 576476048 p. 1320

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