Serviceman

Robert McDermott

817th

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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: 33459762
Rank: Pfc (27 December 1943), Pfc (30 January 1944), Pfc (18 July 1944), Cpl (17 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 27 December 1943, last 17 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1943-12-27 817th: 720
1944-01-30 817th: fr fur (12 das ) to duty 29 January
1944-07-18 817th: aptd Cpl 16 Jul 44 FLD 0 a CAFT 1ST LT 20 LT
1944-11-17 817th: 4 Trfd to Hq 483rd B Gp (H) so 248 Hq 483 BG 16 Av

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 229, roll 461010974 p. 847, roll 481431546 p. 807, roll 576472397 p. 3604

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