Serviceman

Shilling

816thHQ

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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: 39239362
Rank: Sgt (23 February 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

4 entries, first 1 December 1943, last 23 February 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.

1943-12-01 816th: Sgt 5 73 Fr dy to AWOL as of 0001 1 Dec 43 (15 EM fr dy to fur. See atchd meme)
1943-12-02 816th: (748) Sgt.5 74 From AWOL to Dy as of 0500
1943-12-10 816th: (748) Sgt 8 0.3
1944-02-23 HQ: 748 Ivan F. Bisson

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 104, roll 458053820 p. 115, roll 458053820 p. 135, roll 463205991 p. 674

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