Serviceman

Reeder

HQ816th

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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: 13144423
Rank: Cpl (11 November 1944), Cpl (15 November 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

3 entries, first 30 September 1944, last 15 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.

1944-09-30 816th: 3 lbv 2 EM are hereby declared authorized YM messengers per SO 202, Par 5, ***RECORD OF EVENTS**
1944-11-11 HQ: fr dy to sk 4th fld hosp (NLD AR 35-1440) as of the 10 Nov 44 ****RECORD OF EVENTS*** 36 planes took off on mission. 15 were early
1944-11-15 HQ: fr sk 4th fld hosp (NLD) to dy as of the 13 Nov W

National Archives pages: roll 570051701 p. 1788, roll 576458293 p. 586, roll 576458293 p. 590

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