Serviceman

Melillo

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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: 32306848
Rank: Cpl (19 November 1943), Pfc (24 December 1943), Pfc (16 April 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

3 entries, first 19 November 1943, last 16 April 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.

1943-11-19 817th: trfd to 816th Bomb Sq. 483rd BG MacDill Fld Fla
1943-12-24 816th: dv to fur as of 23 Dec 43.
1944-04-16 816th: 12 EM fr dy to DS 6632 Ord Sv Co for Rat only. Dy at Foggia AAB. FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 805, roll 458053820 p. 164, roll 469122525 p. 19

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