Serviceman
Gordon W Sternbeck
817th815th
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 36826944
- Rank
- TSGT (29 August 1944), S/Sgt (16 September 1944)
- Hometown
- Wilkes-Barre PA; New Holstein, WI
- Also written
- Gordon Sternbeck
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 200
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 36826944); verify
Crews
- Everett J. Robson Crew · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 2937 | TSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
3 entries, first 23 August 1944, last 16 September 1944; grades seen: S/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.
- 1944-08-23 815th: Sgt William N Barry
- 1944-08-23 815th: Sgt William N Barry
- 1944-09-16 817th: Above 4 Os 6 EM MIA 13 Sept 444 are hereby dropped from rolls
National Archives pages: roll 566195336 p. 1840, roll 566195336 p. 1842, roll 570165454 p. 481
Statements, mentions and histories
- 1 more statement from MACR 8619 are on the loss record.
Know something about him?
If this record is wrong or missing something, a middle name, the right squadron, who is who in a photograph, what he said about a day, tell us. Nothing you send is shown without your say-so.