The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Symons

HQ840th

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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
36569778
Rank
Cpl (29 November 1943), Cpl (10 December 1943), Cpl (21 January 1944), Cpl (20 April 1944), Cpl (16 November 1944)
Sources
morning-report
Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name serial 36569770 in morning reports differs by one digit from 36569778; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 36569770); verify

Morning reports

1 entry, first 9 January 1944, last 9 January 1944. 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 461010974 p. 870

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