Serviceman

Shire

840thHQ

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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: 32853670
Rank: Pvt (10 December 1943), Cpl (24 September 1944), Cpl (30 September 1944), Cpl (4 November 1944), Cpl (10 November 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

7 entries, first 10 December 1943, last 10 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt. 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 HQ: 8 07
1944-02-28 HQ: Billio D. Sloan
1944-02-28 HQ: Billio D. Sloan
1944-09-24 840th: Dy to fur (6 days).
1944-09-30 840th: Fur to dy. Effective 2400, 29 Septem er 1944 this Squadron will re-organize under the provisions of T/O and E, 1-117, dated
1944-11-04 840th: CDl
1944-11-10 840th: Pic

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 280, roll 466076292 p. 287, roll 466076292 p. 363, roll 570165454 p. 2650, roll 570165454 p. 2661, roll 576476048 p. 1302, roll 576476048 p. 1318

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