Serviceman

Coffey

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: 33504413
Rank: Pfc (4 July 1944), Cpl (3 August 1944), Sgt (22 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

5 entries, first 28 February 1944, last 22 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, 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.

1944-02-28 HQ: Carl R. Davis
1944-02-28 HQ: Carl R. Davis
1944-07-04 840th: > Above W promoted fr r indicated to Cpl, per Par 6, so 115, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (7), dtd 7 Jul lilim
1944-08-03 840th: OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT 2D LT
1944-10-22 840th: 3

National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 288, roll 466076292 p. 364, roll 481433713 p. 478, roll 566195336 p. 1791, roll 572487240 p. 2551

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