Serviceman

William Stagg

817thHQ

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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: 32745280
Rank: Pfc (1 February 1944), Cpl (6 August 1944), Cpl (25 August 1944), Sgt (25 October 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

5 entries, first 20 December 1943, last 25 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, 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.

1943-12-20 817th: Pfc 7 20 dy and MOS 945; asgd jd fr CAAB Columbia S.C. as of 14 December 43 0-751002 Kent Jack C (1024)
1944-02-01 817th: fr fur (12 das) to duty
1944-08-06 817th: fr duty to hosp (LD) 4th Fld
1944-08-25 HQ: 3 fr hosp (LD) to duty
1944-10-25 817th: IV rr duty to hosp (ID) 61st Stat

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 216, roll 463205991 p. 696, roll 566192358 p. 2412, roll 566192358 p. 2450, roll 572487240 p. 484

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