Serviceman

Richards

HQ840th

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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: 35741040
Rank: Cpl (23 December 1943), Cpl (4 January 1944), Cpl (3 September 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

5 entries, first 23 December 1943, last 3 September 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.

1943-12-23 HQ: Fr dy to fur (il Days).
1944-01-04 HQ: Fur to dy (11 days) 3 Jan 44
1944-02-28 HQ: Samuel J. Rizzo
1944-02-28 HQ: Samuel J. Rizzo
1944-09-03 840th: 11 Rd to gr of Pvt per SCM 19, Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H) dtd 1 Sept Wise

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 307, roll 461010974 p. 857, roll 466076292 p. 287, roll 466076292 p. 363, roll 570165454 p. 2611

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