Serviceman
Bernard L Newman
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- Army serial number
- 18123968
- Rank
- Pvt (8 January 1944), Cpl (23 May 1944), Cpl (11 July 1944), Cpl (20 October 1944), Cpl (3 November 1944), CPL (11 May 1945)
- Hometown
- Indianapolis IN
- Also written
- Bernard Newman
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 1
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 18123968); verify serial 15123968 in morning reports differs by one digit from 18123968; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 15123968); verify
Crews
- James H. Adams Crew · 816th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 1945 | Air Medal | 3129 | CPL |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 12 December 1943, last 12 December 1943. 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.
- 1943-12-12 817th: Pvt 8-10 Duty Drftsma (070) asgd jd fr 816th Borb Sq FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 204
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