Serviceman

Glen McSparran

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: 0811108
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 McSparran, Glen (units HQ, 817th, 817th, serials None, None, 0811108); may be the same man

Morning reports

4 entries, first 2 May 1944, last 19 October 1944. 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.

1944-05-02 817th: 2Lt
1944-07-31 817th: 1Lt
1944-08-04 817th: 1Lt
1944-10-19 817th: 1Lt 11 aptd Capt AUS par 5 so 286 15AF dtd 12 Oct 44 3 S/Sgt aptd I/Sgt 16 Cpl aptd Sgt

National Archives pages: roll 474639099 p. 67, roll 481431546 p. 836, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 572487240 p. 476

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