Serviceman

Sharpshooter

817thHQ

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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: 13028846
Rank: Sgt (15 December 1943)
Sources: morning-report

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

Morning reports

3 entries, first 26 October 1943, last 17 November 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-10-26 HQ: Egt Edward M. Zimmerman
1943-12-15 817th: fr fur to dy 13 December FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT 2D LT
1944-11-17 817th: S/Sgt 5.7 Trfd to 26th Genl Hosp SO 315 No 26th Hosp 14 Nov

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 751, roll 458053820 p. 209, roll 576472397 p. 3604

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