Serviceman
Battistella
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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
- 18149989
- Rank
- Cpl (6 January 1944), Cpl (15 January 1944), Sgt (30 May 1944), Sgt (4 June 1944), Sgt (4 October 1944), S/Sgt (10 October 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
8 entries, first 6 January 1944, last 10 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, S/Sgt, 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.
- 1944-01-06 815th: 34345245 Mikell (747) Pvt Above 2 EM fr dy to fur (10 days)
- 1944-01-15 HQ: Mikell (678 747) Pvt Fr fur to dy (10 Days)
- 1944-02-28 HQ: John T. Bercik
- 1944-02-28 HQ: John T. Bercik
- 1944-05-30 840th: 52 Dy to hosp (LD), 29 May W4. (4th Fld Hosp).
- 1944-06-04 840th: 3 Hosp to dy. 31 May 44. OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT
- 1944-10-04 840th: Above 5 EM dy to fur 16 days).
- 1944-10-10 840th: Fur to dv.
National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 861, roll 461010974 p. 885, roll 466076292 p. 286, roll 466076292 p. 362, roll 474640174 p. 103, roll 478083643 p. 15, roll 572487240 p. 2513, roll 572487240 p. 2526
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