Serviceman

Stroble

840thHQ

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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: 37657800
Rank: Cpl (17 September 1944), Cpl (23 September 1944), Cpl (4 November 1944), Cpl (10 November 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

6 entries, first 28 February 1944, last 10 November 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.

1944-02-28 HQ: John W. Symons III
1944-02-28 HQ: John W. Symons III
1944-09-17 840th: Dy to fur (6 days). 20 0 & 30 EM fr 8th AF reld fr atchd for rats & qrs. ***
1944-09-23 840th: Fur to dy OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT
1944-11-04 840th: CDl
1944-11-10 840th: Pic

National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 287, roll 466076292 p. 363, roll 570165454 p. 2636, roll 570165454 p. 2649, roll 576476048 p. 1302, roll 576476048 p. 1318

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