Serviceman
McBride
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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
- 37669512
- Rank
- Sgt (9 February 1944), Sgt (6 March 1944), Sgt (28 October 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
9 entries, first 2 December 1943, last 28 October 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.
- 1943-12-02 HQ: Pfc 6 03 Above 2 EM promoted fr Pfc to Cpl 1 Dec 43
- 1944-01 817th: Pfc Thomas G Walls
- 1944-01-18 HQ: Cp1.5 / * Promoted fr Cpl to Sgt, eff 16 Jan 44.
- 1944-01-24 HQ: Set. Dy to fur (15 days).
- 1944-02-09 816th: Far to dy, 15 days, 8 Feb Who
- 1944-03-06 840th: Dy to hosp (ID). OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT
- 1944-02-28 HQ: William A. McElduff
- 1944-02-28 HQ: William A. McElduff
- 1944-10-28 840th: Above 3 O's & 8 EM fr TD Rome Rest Camp to dy.
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 247, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 461010974 p. 889, roll 461010974 p. 899, roll 463205991 p. 765, roll 466076292 p. 285, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 466076292 p. 370, roll 572487240 p. 2558
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