Serviceman

Marion Morris

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: 35629519
Rank: Cpl (7 July 1944), Cpl (10 July 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

2 entries, first 7 July 1944, last 10 July 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.

1944-07-07 817th: 52 fr duty to hosp (LD) 55th Wing 5 Jul 44
1944-07-10 817th: 3 fr hosp (ID) to duty OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 787, roll 481431546 p. 794

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