Serviceman

Owens

HQ840th

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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: 0811242
Rank: 2d Lt (15 January 1944), 1st Lt (5 September 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 12 January 1944, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2d Lt. 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.

1944-01-12 HQ: 1091 Whitaker 2 Lt.
1944-01-15 HQ: (1035) 2d It Above 2 o reld of dy & tiefd to 816th Bomb Sq (H) 483rd Bomb GD (H) this sta.
1944-06-30 840th: 2d It
1944-09-05 840th: Herring, Jr S/Sgt

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 883, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 478083643 p. 52, roll 570165454 p. 2618

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