Serviceman

Patterson

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: 37133721
Rank: Sgt (17 January 1944), Sgt (12 April 1944), Sgt (30 April 1944), Sgt (3 May 1944), Sgt (23 August 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

6 entries, first 17 January 1944, last 1 September 1944; grades seen: 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.

1944-01-17 815th: Pvt 1cl above 3 EM fr 13 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
1944-04-30 815th: 35266716 Simkus (747) Sgt Fr TD with 99th Bomb Gp APO #520 to dy strenghth section read 206 EM
1944-05-03 815th: Above 4 EN fr TD with 99th Bomb Gp APO #520 to dy
1944-08-23 815th: 2/ Classification changed to 750 750 .
1944-09-01 815th: Sgt Walter P. Sinkus

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 706, roll 469121524 p. 681, roll 469121524 p. 709, roll 474637097 p. 780, roll 566192358 p. 2203, roll 570165454 p. 385

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