Serviceman
Joseph V. Sinnett
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 20414753
- Rank
- Sgt (15 January 1944), Sgt (17 January 1944), T/Sgt (5 June 1944), M/Sgt (18 November 1944)
- Hometown
- Uvalde, TX
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 174
- Sources
- heroes-book, morning-report
Crews
- Robert L. Orton Crew · 840th
Missions placed on him
- mission 31, 13 June 1944 · Oberpfaffenhofen · The Robert L. Orton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 174)
- mission 49, 14 July 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · The Robert L. Orton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 174)
- mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · The Robert L. Orton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 174)
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Morning reports
14 entries, first 2 December 1943, last 18 November 1944; grades seen: M/Sgt, Sgt, T/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.
- 1943-12-02 HQ: Pvt 6 0.3 Pronoted fr Pvt to Cpl 1 Dec 43 FLD 08 CAPT 1ST LT
- 1943-12-06 HQ: (vt Billie D Sloan
- 1943-12-06 HQ: 1vt Billie D Sloan
- 1943-12-06 HQ: PVt Billie D Sloan
- 1944-01-03 HQ: 747 Cp15-
- 1944-01-15 HQ: E Fr fur to AWOL (2400) 15 Jan 44
- 1944-01-15 HQ: F Fr AWOL to dy (1900)
- 1944-01-17 HQ: Sgt, Entry M/R 16 Jan 44, "Fr fur to AWOL (2400) 15 Jan 44", error, delete.
- 1944-01-17 HQ: Entry M/R 16 Jan 44, "Fr AWOL to dy (1900) = error, delete.
- 1944-01-17 HQ: Fur to dy, 16 Jan 44 (13 days), 1 day extension per VO CO.
- 1944-06-05 840th: T/Set
- 1944-09-27 840th: M/Srt
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 38, roll 458053820 p. 190, roll 458053820 p. 247, roll 458053820 p. 265, roll 461010974 p. 855, roll 461010974 p. 885, roll 461010974 p. 887, roll 478083643 p. 17, roll 570165454 p. 2654, roll 572487240 p. 2513, roll 576476048 p. 1330
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