Serviceman

Harry Watt

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: 16087691
Rank: s/Sgt (24 June 1944), S/Sgt (30 June 1944), S/Sgt (7 July 1944), S/Sgt (5 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Watt, Harry (units HQ, 817th, 817th, HQ, serials None, None, 16087691); may be the same man

Morning reports

6 entries, first 17 December 1943, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/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.

1943-12-17 817th: Sgt 8-03
1944-01 817th: ifc Hilliard Volin
1944-06-24 817th: Fr duty to DS Rest Camp Isle of Capri OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT
1944-06-30 HQ: Fr duty to DS Rest Camp Isle of Capri OFFICER FLD o a CAPT IST LT
1944-07-07 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Isle Capri to duty
1944-09-05 817th: Transferred to Repl Depot # 7 APO 520 OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 212, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 478080727 p. 390, roll 478081728 p. 901, roll 481431546 p. 787, roll 570165454 p. 467

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