Serviceman
Metcalf
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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
- 18003434
- Rank
- T/Sgt (12 November 1943), T/Sgt (17 November 1943), T/Sgt (20 January 1944), T/Sgt (15 February 1944), T/Sgt (21 February 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
10 entries, first 12 November 1943, last 30 June 1944; grades seen: T/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.
- 1943-11-17 815th: above 3 named EM ration with Sq to ration sep per par 49 so # 319 Hq AAB MacDill Fld Tampa 8, Fla dtd and eff 15 Nov 43
- 1943-11-12 HQ: Fr delay enroute to dy per MOS 9 Nov 43
- 1943-11-13 HQ: T/Sgt3-73 Dy to AWOL 0800
- 1943-11-15 HQ: T/SEt3-74 AWOL to dy 0800
- 1943-12-29 HQ: T/Sgt308
- 1944-01-20 815th: G Reclass fr 502 to 752 Auth: Base .Class- ification Board OFFICERS PRESENT AND ABSENT
- 1944-02-15 815th: 14 Feb 1944 reld of sep rations
- 1944-02-14 817th: T Sgt Trfd to 817th Bomb Sq. this Gp OFFICERS PRESENT AND ASSENT
- 1944-02-21 HQ: trfd to 816th Sq 483rd Gp (H), this station Four(4) S/Sgt aptd T/Sgt 16 Feb 44 Twenty-seven (27) sgt apti S/Sgt 16 Feb 44 Fifteen (15) Cpl aptd Sgt 16 Feb 44
- 1944-06-30 HQ: M Sgt J Trfd to 816th Sa this GP 29 June 44
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 677, roll 456415616 p. 678, roll 456415616 p. 682, roll 456415616 p. 718, roll 458053820 p. 9, roll 461010974 p. 656, roll 463205991 p. 559, roll 463205991 p. 608, roll 463205991 p. 727, roll 478037564 p. 240
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