Serviceman

Gerald McLane

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: 18137199
Rank: Sgt (13 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name McLane, Gerald (units 817th, 817th, serials 36879401, 18137199); may be the same man

Morning reports

3 entries, first 17 August 1944, last 9 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.

1944-08-17 817th: 612 Cpl Duty MOS same Asgd jd fr Fifth Wg
1944-09-13 817th: 12 fr duty to SWA hosp 61st Stat Hosp
1944-10-09 817th: S/Sgt 5.2 Trfd to 26th Gen'l Hosp

National Archives pages: roll 566192358 p. 2433, roll 570165454 p. 478, roll 572487240 p. 466

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