Serviceman

Smitheimer

815th

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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: 32507139
Rank: Cpl (16 November 1943), Cpl (28 November 1943)
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 16 November 1943, last 15 December 1943; grades seen: Cpl. 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.

1943-11-16 815th: above 2EM dy to 11 day fur
1943-11-28 815th: 27 Nov 1943 11 day fur to dy
1943-12-15 815th: Cpl LO trfd to 88th Bomb Gp (H) Aven Park Fla 31333348 Barker, James W. (678) Pvt 1017 20

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 715, roll 456415616 p. 742, roll 458053820 p. 61

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