Serviceman

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815th

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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: 20480224
Rank: T/Sgt (20 December 1943), T/Sgt (12 April 1944), T/Sgt (6 May 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

4 entries, first 20 December 1943, last 6 May 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.

1943-12-20 815th: dy to 9 day fur
1943-12-29 815th: I/Sgt 9 day fur to dy
1944-04-12 815th: Fr dy to temp dy with flying echelon at 99th GD, APO #520 c/o Postmaster, NY
1944-05-06 815th: Above 4 EM fr dy to SD with Gp Hq atch'd for rations and qrs, 3 May 44.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 75, roll 458053820 p. 94, roll 469121524 p. 681, roll 474637097 p. 787

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