Serviceman
Smith
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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
- 35796637
- Rank
- Pvt (12 January 1944), Pfc (23 February 1944), Pfc (20 April 1944), Pfc (1 August 1944), Pfc (13 August 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
8 entries, first 12 January 1944, last 13 August 1944; grades seen: Pfc, 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.
- 1944-01-12 HQ: Above 2 EM dy to fur (13 days)
- 1944-01-12 HQ: Above 2 EM dy to fur (13 days)
- 1944-02-23 840th: Hosp to dy, 22 Feb 44.
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Willio M. Smith
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Willio M. Smith
- 1944-04-20 840th: I Reld of dy & trfd to 2d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, on 18 Apr 44, per Par 5, so 93, Hq 5th Wg (US)
- 1944-08-01 840th: Hosp to dy, 31 Jul 44.
- 1944-08-13 840th: J Reld of dy & trfd to 2d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, per Par 12, so 207, Hq 5th Wing (US), dtd 10 Aug 44.
National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 876, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 463205991 p. 785, roll 466076292 p. 288, roll 466076292 p. 364, roll 469123526 p. 718, roll 566195336 p. 1787, roll 566195336 p. 1811
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