Serviceman
Donald R. Speegle
815thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 18065933
- Rank
- Pvt (3 January 1944), Pvt (19 January 1944), Pfc (9 April 1944), Sgt (19 October 1944), Sgt (25 October 1944), Sgt (29 November 1944)
- Hometown
- Denison, TX
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 255
- Sources
- heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 18065933); verify
Crews
- Bruce W. Waltz Crew · 815th
Morning reports
6 entries, first 3 January 1944, last 29 November 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt, 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.
- 1944-01-03 815th: above 4 named EM fr dy to 15 day fur
- 1944-01-19 815th: above 3 EM fr 15 day fur to dy
- 1944-04-09 HQ: Fr dy to temp dy with flying echelon at Foggia
- 1944-10-19 815th: Above 7 EM fr dy to TD at San Spirito Rest Camp
- 1944-10-25 815th: 38221005 Cobb (590) Pfc
National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 676, roll 461010974 p. 710, roll 469121524 p. 677, roll 572483765 p. 3423, roll 572483765 p. 3433, roll 576472397 p. 3138
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