Serviceman

Merwald

815th

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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: 39244708
Rank: Cpl (16 November 1943), Cpl (8 October 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 16 November 1943, last 8 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.

1943-11-16 815th: par ....
1944-02-10 815th: Cpl G
1944-10-08 815th: Fr dy to SD with Gp Ha

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 716, roll 463205991 p. 601, roll 572483765 p. 3406

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