Serviceman

Milton Townsend

817th

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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: 32509399
Rank: Cpl (27 January 1944), Sgt (23 July 1944), Sgt (31 July 1944), Sgt (13 August 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

4 entries, first 27 January 1944, last 13 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1944-01-27 817th: Fx fur to dy (11 days)
1944-07-23 817th: 3 fr hosp (LD) to duty 20 Jul 44
1944-07-31 817th: fr DS Rest+Camp San Spirito to dy FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-08-13 817th: Trfd to Repl Depot # 7APO 520

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 844, roll 481431546 p. 820, roll 481431546 p. 836, roll 566192358 p. 2425

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