The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Lloyd J Pumphrey

840th

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Army serial number
37407984
Rank
T/Sgt (17 June 1944), TSGT (6 July 1944), T/Sgt (23 August 1944), T/Sgt (1 September 1944)
Hometown
Irvington IL
Also written
Lloyd Pumphrey
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 174
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 37407984); verify serial 37401984 in morning reports differs by one digit from 37407984; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 37401984); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
6 July 1944Air Medal1602TSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1605TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

3 entries, first 17 June 1944, last 1 September 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.

National Archives pages: roll 478083643 p. 31, roll 566195336 p. 1837, roll 570165454 p. 2607

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