Serviceman

Elwood Schmutz

816th

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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: 19187827
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name; a single entry, so the spelling is unverified

Morning reports

1 entry, first 10 December 1943, last 10 December 1943. 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.

1943-12-10 816th: Pfc 7 20 Asgd & id fr Ho AAFWTTC Buckley Fld Colo

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 135

Photographs naming him

Newsletter 202006, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
Newsletter 202006, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org

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Statements, mentions and histories

5/1/2007 Guy Venier (Obit) Miller, Henry James 3/7/2007 Guy Venier (Obit) Reinhard, John W 12/18/2001 Guy Venier (Obit) Schmutz, Elwood August 7/14/2010 Guy Venier (Obit) Stinger, Charles J 2/15/2014 Guy Venier (Obit) Worchester, Winthrop 1/15/2015 Guy Venier (Obit) Membership News Notes from t
Schmutz, Elwood in newsletter 202006, page 2. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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