Serviceman

Davis

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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

20480256

Rank

S/Sgt (19 December 1943), s/sgt (23 December 1943), s/sgt (1 January 1944), S/Sgt (15 January 1944), S/Sgt (6 April 1944), S/Sgt (8 April 1944), s/sgt (16 July 1944)

Sources

morning-report

Morning reports

8 entries, first 12 December 1943, last 16 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/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.

• 1943-12-12 816th: (050) S Sgt Tris to 818th Bomb Sq. 0-733697 MONAGHAN KDWARD 0 (1024) 1 It
• 1943-12-19 HQ: Fr dy to sk hosp 18 Dec 43. FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT 20 LT
• 1943-12-23 HQ: FT dy to fur (9 Days),
• 1944-01-01 HQ: Fr fur to dy (9 Days)
• 1944-01-15 HQ: Above 3 EM auth to mess sep per par 39 so 15 Hg MacDill Fld , Tampa, Fla dtd 15 Jan 44.
• 1944-04-08 840th: Hosp to dy. 19 0 & 287 EM disembarked fr ship & entrained for foreign station. 2 0 & 38 EM fr 816th Bomb Sq (H) previously atchd
• 1944-04-06 HQ: Dy to hasp (ID). FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT 2D LT
• 1944-07-16 816th: 8 alley Held of ty to 301st APO 520, per par 1, 177, Hg

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 138, roll 458053820 p. 300, roll 458053820 p. 307, roll 461010974 p. 850, roll 461010974 p. 886, roll 469123526 p. 704, roll 469123526 p. 706, roll 481433713 p. 499