Serviceman

Blanchard

816th

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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: 31109546
Rank: Sgt (24 January 1944), Sgt (14 September 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 24 January 1944, last 14 September 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.

1944-01-24 816th: above 4 EM fr dy to sk in hosp
1944-02-05 816th: Set fr hosp to dy FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-09-14 816th: 7 EM fr Dy to TD San Spirito Rest Camp for 5 day period per P 5 so 185 this Hgrs dtd 13 Sept, 1944. 33326664 Green George (NMI).

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 784, roll 463205991 p. 647, roll 570165454 p. 398

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