Serviceman

Wolford

840thHQ

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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: 36724373
Rank: Sgt (20 April 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

3 entries, first 28 January 1944, last 20 April 1944; grades seen: 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.

1944-01-28 HQ: Sgt. 8 Red fr Sgt. to Pvt.
1944-02-19 840th: Cpl 4 / 6 EM promoted fr Sgt to SiSgt., & 1 EM promoted fr Cpl to S/Sgt., 16 Feb 44. 25 EM promoted fr Cpl to Sgt, per atohd
1944-04-20 840th: Trfd fr DS to 99th Bomb Gp, APO 520, on 26 Mar 44 per Secret Order. FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 907, roll 463205991 p. 777, roll 469123526 p. 719

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