Serviceman

Booth

840th

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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: 33314361
Rank: Pfc (24 June 1944), Pvt (17 August 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 February 1944, last 17 August 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.

1944-02-28 840th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT 10 LT
1944-06-24 840th: Above EM reduced to gr of Pvt per Par 1, so 109, Hg 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 23 June We. Prev rptd M/R 17 June 44 "2d Lt Robert I. Wilson
1944-08-17 840th: Dy to fur (6 days).

National Archives pages: roll 463205991 p. 794, roll 478083643 p. 42, roll 566195336 p. 1821

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