Serviceman

William Spann

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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: 14107905
Rank: Cpl (26 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

3 entries, first 26 January 1944, last 28 February 1944; 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.

1944-01-26 HQ: Cp1620 A Trfd fr 818th Bomb Co this Gp to Gp HQ 26
1944-01-26 HQ: Reld of dy & trfd to Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H) this sta.
1944-02-28 HQ: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Chute, Merlin M.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 663, roll 461010974 p. 903, roll 466076292 p. 269

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