Serviceman

DeMattia

817th

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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: 11117024
Rank: Pfc (1 December 1943), Pfc (3 January 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 1 December 1943, last 3 January 1944; grades seen: Pfc. 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.

1943-12-01 817th: fr dy to fur (11 days)
1943-12-06 817th: fr fur to duty
1944-01-03 817th: Fr fur (11 days) to dy

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 185, roll 458053820 p. 223, roll 461010974 p. 798

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