Serviceman

Robert Deck

817thHQ

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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: 15354040
Rank: S/Sgt (23 June 1944), Sgt (31 July 1944), Sgt (4 August 1944), S/Sgt (5 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Deck, Robert (units HQ, 817th, 817th, HQ, serials None, None, 15354040); may be the same man

Morning reports

7 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, 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.

1943-12-06 HQ: Christ (NMI) Pappas
1943-12-06 HQ: Christ (NMI) Pappas
1943-12-06 HQ: Christ (NMI) Pappas
1944-06-23 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Isla of Capri to duty OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT
1944-07-31 817th: Moe Trygve (NMI) Cpl fr dy to DS Rest Camp Rome
1944-08-04 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty
1944-09-05 817th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT 2D LT

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 41, roll 458053820 p. 127, roll 458053820 p. 193, roll 478080727 p. 375, roll 481431546 p. 836, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 570165454 p. 466

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