Serviceman

Horn Van

815th

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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: 37232451
Rank: Cpl (9 April 1944), Cpl (16 August 1944), Cpl (22 August 1944), Sgt (17 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

5 entries, first 16 November 1943, last 17 November 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.

1943-11-16 815th: asgd and jd fr 3AFRD PP Tampa Fla-dy as per MOS 1802888L
1944-04-09 815th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-08-16 815th: Above 3 EM fr dy to sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo, 15 Aug 44 33104345 Farrell (911) Cpl
1944-08-22 815th: 3 Fr sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo to dy

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 715, roll 469121524 p. 676, roll 566192358 p. 2196, roll 566192358 p. 2202, roll 576472397 p. 3115

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