Serviceman

Swartz

840th

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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: 37529902
Rank: Pvt (5 May 1944), Pfc (6 June 1944), Cpl (31 July 1944), Cpl (18 August 1944), Cpl (18 September 1944), Cpl (25 September 1944), Cpl (4 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

7 entries, first 5 May 1944, last 4 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, Pvt. 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.

1944-05-05 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Pvt 1 C1 per Par 4, so 70, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520.
1944-06-06 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Cpl (I), per Par 5, so 89, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), dtd 1 Juhe W4.
1944-07-31 840th: Dy to DS with Hg, 15th AF per Par 4, SO 192, Hq 5th Wg (US), APO 520, dtd 26 Jul 44. OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT
1944-08-18 840th: DS to dy, 5 Aug 44.
1944-09-18 840th: OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-09-25 840th: Fur to dy.
1944-11-04 840th: Dy to hosp (ID), 3 Nov 44. 4th Fld Hosp.

National Archives pages: roll 474640174 p. 60, roll 478083643 p. 18, roll 481433713 p. 529, roll 566195336 p. 1823, roll 570165454 p. 2637, roll 570165454 p. 2652, roll 576476048 p. 1302

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