Serviceman
Roden
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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
- 14175909
- Rank
- Pvt (12 April 1944), Pfc (17 May 1944), Pvt (17 May 1944), Cpl (7 October 1944), Cpl (12 October 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
5 entries, first 12 April 1944, last 12 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, Pvt. 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.
- 1944-04-12 840th: 52 Dy to hosp (LD), 1100.
- 1944-05-17 840th: 2 Reld of dy & trfd to 4th Fld Hosp per PER 2, SQ 33, Hg 4th Fld Hosp, APO 464, dtd 11 May 44.
- 1944-05-17 HQ: Above EM promoted to gr of Pfc per Par, 4, so 72. Hq 483₫ Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 16 May 44. OFFICER FLD o a CAPT
- 1944-10-07 840th: Set Dy to fur ($ days). *** RECORD OF EVENTS *** 1. 6 planes bombed Lobau oil refineries at
- 1944-10-12 HQ: Fur to dy.
National Archives pages: roll 469123526 p. 711, roll 474640174 p. 81, roll 474640174 p. 82, roll 572487240 p. 2522, roll 572487240 p. 2529
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