Serviceman

Sewell

815thHQ

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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: 14067603
Rank: s/sgt (5 January 1944), S/Sgt (3 February 1944), S/Sgt (11 May 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 22 November 1943, last 5 June 1944; grades seen: S/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.

1943-11-22 815th: S/Sgt 4-08 MOS changed to (824) per par 5 00# Sq 0 # 2
1944-01-05 HQ: above 3 EM fr 9 day fur to dy
1944-02-03 815th: erroneously not added to number of men auth to ration sep with remark re: above 2 named EM 16 Jan 1944
1944-05-11 815th: Above 2 EM fr dy to SD with Gp Hq CORRECTION
1944-06-05 815th: S/Set r SD with Gp Hg to dy

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 727, roll 461010974 p. 680, roll 463205991 p. 590, roll 474637097 p. 793, roll 478080727 p. 186

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