Serviceman
Harry 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
- 16037697
- Rank
- Pfc (19 December 1943), Pfc (1 January 1944), Pfc (8 January 1944), Pfc (24 June 1944), Pfc (25 June 1944), Pvt (27 August 1944), Pvt (21 September 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
8 entries, first 19 December 1943, last 21 September 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.
- 1943-12-19 817th: fr dy to fur (15 days) as of 18 Dec 43
- 1944-01-01 817th: fr fur (15 days) to dy
- 1944-01-08 817th: Fr dy to kisp (LOD yes) as of 6 Jan 48 ¥5163882 Veteto s/Sgt
- 1944-06-24 817th: 11 red to gr of Pvt 24 June We
- 1944-06-25 817th: # red to sr of Pvt 24 June We
- 1944-08-27 817th: Reclass fr 521 to 620
- 1944-08-28 840th: 620 CPL Joseph H Murphy
- 1944-09-21 817th: 4 Trfd to 97th R Gp(H) par 3 so 244 5th Wg 16 Seph4
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 214, roll 461010974 p. 796, roll 461010974 p. 813, roll 478080727 p. 379, roll 478081728 p. 901, roll 566192358 p. 2455, roll 566195336 p. 1852, roll 570165454 p. 488
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