Serviceman

Zatawesky

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: 33458927
Rank: Pfc (20 February 1944), Pfc (8 September 1944), Pfc (13 September 1944), Pfc (14 September 1944), Pfc (19 September 1944), Pvt (21 October 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

8 entries, first 20 February 1944, last 21 October 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt. 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.

1944-02-20 840th: Dy to fur (7 days),
1944-02-27 840th: Pfo Fur to dy (7 days)
1944-09-08 840th: S Dy to AWOL, 0001. Prev rptd M/R 30 Aug 44 "Topplinski, Edward H"V 1st as angd & jd, now corrected to read "Topolinski,
1944-09-13 840th: S Dy to AWOL, 0001. Prev rptd M/R 30 Aug 44 "Topplinski, Edward H"V V as asgd & jd, now corrected to read "Topolinski,
1944-09-19 840th: 11 Reduced to er of Pvt per Par 6, so 191, Hq PUT-8 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520.
1944-09-14 HQ: T AWOI. to dy, 2000, 13 Sept 44.
1944-10-16 840th: Bvt Dy to hosp (ID), 4th Fld Hosp. /
1944-10-21 840th: 3 Hosp to dy.

National Archives pages: roll 463205991 p. 781, roll 463205991 p. 793, roll 570165454 p. 2632, roll 570165454 p. 2633, roll 570165454 p. 2642, roll 570165454 p. 4140, roll 572487240 p. 2536, roll 572487240 p. 2550

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