Serviceman

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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: 39865546
Rank: Pvt (1 December 1943), Pvt (18 January 1944), Cpl (4 August 1944), Cpl (27 August 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name; a single entry, so the spelling is unverified serial 39855546 in morning reports differs by one digit from 39865546; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+initial (serial 39855546); verify

Morning reports

5 entries, first 1 December 1943, last 28 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt. 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.

1943-12-01 817th: fr fur to duty
1944-01-18 817th: 7 /
1944-08-04 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty
1944-08-27 817th: 36746326 Rd 1641 Hattery Archie Pfc
1944-08-28 840th: 835 CPL Oscar V Lonz

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 176, roll 461010974 p. 830, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 566192358 p. 2454, roll 566195336 p. 1852

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