Serviceman

Jess Nash, Jr

817th

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Army serial number: 36688068
Rank: Cpl (19 August 1944), Sgt (13 September 1944)
Hometown: East St. Louis, MO
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 173, 218
Sources: heroes-book, morning-report

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 36688068); verify

Crews

Robert A. Olson Crew · 817th
Russell H. Simons Crew · 817th

Morning reports

2 entries, first 19 August 1944, last 13 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1944-08-19 817th: Duty MOS same ASGD jd fr Fifth Wg
1944-09-13 817th: Above 3 Os and 6 EM MIA 10 Sept 44 are hereby dropped fr rolls

National Archives pages: roll 566192358 p. 2439, roll 570165454 p. 478

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