Serviceman

Russell C. Waters

817thHQ

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Army serial number: 0699967
Hometown: Tabor, SD
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 156
Sources: heroes-book, morning-report

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 0699967); verify another record shares the name Waters, Russell C. (units HQ, 815th, 816th, 817th, HQ, serials 20480250, 0699967); may be the same man

Crews

Glen L. McSparran Crew · 817th

Morning reports

4 entries, first 27 July 1944, last 9 September 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.

1944-07-31 817th: 1Lt
1944-07-27 HQ: 2Lt
1944-08-04 817th: 1Lt
1944-09-09 817th: ILt

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 828, roll 481431546 p. 836, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 570165454 p. 474

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