Serviceman

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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

12093533

Rank

Cpl (15 January 1944), Cpl (19 January 1944), Cpl (31 January 1944), Cpl (12 April 1944), Cpl (17 May 1944), Sgt (5 July 1944), Pvt (7 July 1944), Pfc (3 August 1944), Cpl (19 September 1944)

Sources

morning-report

Morning reports

10 entries, first 15 January 1944, last 19 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, Pvt, 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.

• 1944-01-15 HQ: Fr DS to dy.
• 1944-01-19 HQ: DE to fur (11 days),
• 1944-01-31 HQ: Fur to dy. 11 days, 30 San 4/4.
• 1944-02-28 HQ: Carl H. Parsley
• 1944-04-12 840th: Above 9 EM study dy to DS 99th Bomb Gp, APO 520, c/10 PM, NYC, per VOCO. OFFICER FLD O & CAPT
• 1944-05-17 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Sgt per Par 4, so 79, Hg 483a Bomb Gp (H) APO 520, dtd 16 May 44 OFFICER FLD o & CAPT
• 1944-07-07 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Pfc per Par so 128, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (II), APO 520, atd 16 Jul 44. OFFICER
• 1944-07-05 HQ: Above EM reduced to gr of Pvt per Par 7, SO 118, Hq, 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 4 Jul 44,
• 1944-08-03 840th: 1
• 1944-09-19 840th: 4 Reld of dy & trfd to 15th Fighter Comd (Prov), per Par 2, so 241, Hq 5th Wg (US), APO 520, dtd 16 Sept. lille

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 886, roll 461010974 p. 890, roll 461010974 p. 910, roll 466076292 p. 287, roll 469123526 p. 711, roll 474640174 p. 81, roll 481433713 p. 481, roll 481433713 p. 502, roll 566195336 p. 1792, roll 570165454 p. 2642