Serviceman

Smith

HQ840th

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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: 34767297
Rank: Cpl (5 July 1944), Pvt (3 August 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

3 entries, first 28 February 1944, last 3 August 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.

1944-02-28 HQ: Robert S. Smith
1944-07-05 HQ: Above EM reduced to gr of Pvt per Par 7, SO 118, Hq, 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 4 Jul 44,
1944-08-03 840th: 1

National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 363, roll 481433713 p. 481, roll 566195336 p. 1792

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