Serviceman

Hilliard Volin

817thHQ

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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: 16168646
Rank: Pfc (25 January 1944), Cpl (22 June 1944), Sgt (21 September 1944), Sgt (3 October 1944), Sgt (30 December 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 24 December 1943, last 30 December 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, 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.

1943-12-24 817th: Pfc 7 20 Duty MOS same asgd jd fr Greenville S. C.
1944-01 817th: cvt Rufus E Power
1944-01-25 HQ: Fr fur to dy (12 days)
1944-06-22 817th: DS Rest Camp San Spirito to duty
1944-09-21 817th: 52 fr duty to hosp (ID) 61st Stat
1944-10-03 817th: 3 fr hosp (ID) to duty
1944-12-30 817th: fr dy to hosp (ID) BXAX 4th Fld. PW

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 225, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 461010974 p. 841, roll 478080727 p. 371, roll 570165454 p. 488, roll 572487240 p. 457, roll 579002584 p. 4000

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