Serviceman

William Searls

817th

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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: 35434420
Rank: Pvt (26 November 1943), Pvt (6 December 1943), Pvt (3 January 1944), Sgt (8 August 1944), Sgt (15 August 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 26 November 1943, last 15 August 1944; grades seen: Pvt, 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.

1943-11-26 817th: fr duty to fur 24 Nov (10das)
1943-12-06 817th: fr fur to dy as of 4 Dec 1943
1944-01-03 817th: -1 Above EM pptd Cpl. (Temp)
1944-08-08 817th: fr duty to hosp (ID) 61st Station 20 Os 30 EM fr Eighth AF atchd for rations and quarters only 1500 OFFICER
1944-08-15 817th: fr hosp (LD) to duty

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 816, roll 458053820 p. 186, roll 461010974 p. 797, roll 566192358 p. 2416, roll 566192358 p. 2429

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