Serviceman

Benson

815th

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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: 11084420
Rank: Cpl (9 April 1944), Cpl (30 April 1944), Sgt (7 July 1944), Sgt (22 July 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

4 entries, first 9 April 1944, last 22 July 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1944-04-09 815th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-04-30 815th: Above 4 EM fr TD with 99th Bomb Gp APO #520 to dy OFFICER
1944-07-07 815th: Fr sk in qrs to dy, 29 Jun 44.
1944-07-22 815th: Fr dy to sk in qrs 19 Jul We and rtd to dy this date. OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT

National Archives pages: roll 469121524 p. 676, roll 469121524 p. 708, roll 481431546 p. 157, roll 481431546 p. 181

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