The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

John T Pycior

815thHQ

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Army serial number
12024743
Rank
Sgt (8 January 1944), Sgt (20 January 1944), T/Sgt (3 June 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), S/Sgt (30 June 1944), S/Sgt (7 July 1944), SSGT (28 July 1944), S/Sgt (8 September 1944), S/Sgt (10 September 1944), SSGT (14 September 1944), SSGT (14 November 1944)
Hometown
ROME NY; BLOOMINGTON IL; Bloomington IL
Also written
John Pycior
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 235
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 12024743); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal1031SSGT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1031SSGT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1033SSGT
28 July 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster2134SSGT
14 September 1944Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster3391SSGT
14 November 1944Air Medal, 5th oak leaf cluster4489SSGT
14 November 1944Air Medal, 6th oak leaf cluster4489SSGT

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

Morning reports

8 entries, first 8 January 1944, last 10 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, Sgt, 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 461010974 p. 689, roll 461010974 p. 711, roll 478080727 p. 184, roll 478080727 p. 221, roll 481431546 p. 157, roll 570165454 p. 250, roll 570165454 p. 261, roll 570165454 p. 264

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