The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Henry Rosales

815thHQgunner

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Army serial number
39038238
Rank
Pvt (19 November 1943), Pvt (3 January 1944), Pvt (5 February 1944), Pvt (14 June 1944), Pvt (29 June 1944), SSGT (14 September 1944), SSGT (27 December 1944), Pvt (28 December 1944), Pvt (29 December 1944), SSGT (7 March 1945)
Hometown
San Antonio TX; SAN ANTONIO TX; San Antonio, TX
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 146
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 39038238); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 September 1944Air Medal3391SSGT
27 December 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster5207SSGT
7 March 1945Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster1184SSGT

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

Morning reports

9 entries, first 19 November 1943, last 29 December 1944; grades seen: 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.

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 845, roll 461010974 p. 673, roll 463205991 p. 594, roll 478080727 p. 198, roll 478080727 p. 220, roll 566192358 p. 2175, roll 579002584 p. 3689, roll 579002584 p. 3691, roll 579002584 p. 3693

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