The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Henry Stone

817thHQ

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Army serial number
6261873
Rank
T/Sgt (7 November 1943), T/Sgt (26 November 1943), T/Sgt (9 February 1944), T/Sgt (10 February 1944), M/Sgt (21 August 1944), CPL (1 April 1945)
Hometown
Long Island City NY
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 6261873); verify serial 6264873 in morning reports differs by one digit from 6261873; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 6264873); verify

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
1 April 1945Air Medal1980CPL

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

8 entries, first 7 November 1943, last 21 August 1944; grades seen: M/Sgt, T/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.

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 788, roll 456415616 p. 816, roll 458053820 p. 177, roll 463205991 p. 715, roll 463205991 p. 716, roll 566192358 p. 2425, roll 566192358 p. 2443

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