Serviceman

Smith

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: 20480235
Rank: T/Sgt (7 November 1943), T/Sgt (6 December 1943), T/Sgt (1 January 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 7 November 1943, last 11 June 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-11-07 817th: S/Set
1943-12-01 817th: I/Sgt fr dy to fur (9 days)
1943-12-06 817th: fr dy to Hosp FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT 20 LT
1944-01-01 817th: Zimmerman 1 4 days Extention) Sgt fr fur to dy (9 day fur)
1944-06-11 HQ: I/Set

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 788, roll 458053820 p. 187, roll 458053820 p. 223, roll 461010974 p. 794, roll 478080727 p. 348

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