Serviceman

Roth

840thHQ

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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: 33013021
Rank: s/sgt (9 January 1944), T/Sgt (5 July 1944), Pvt (3 August 1944), Sgt (29 September 1944), Sgt (4 October 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 9 January 1944, last 4 October 1944; grades seen: Pvt, Sgt, T/Sgt, s/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.

1944-01-09 HQ: Above 2 EM fur to dy (11 days)
1944-07-05 HQ: /
1944-08-03 840th: OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT 2D LT
1944-09-29 840th: Above 7 EM dy to TD San Spirito Rest Camp per Par 3, so 200, Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 28 Sept Will. OFFICER
1944-10-04 840th: Above 7 EM fr TD San Spirito Rest Camp to dy.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 870, roll 481433713 p. 481, roll 566195336 p. 1791, roll 570165454 p. 2658, roll 572487240 p. 2513

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