Serviceman

Dersett

815thHQ

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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: 20480171
Rank: Sgt (25 December 1943), Sgt (28 December 1943), Sgt (31 July 1944), Sgt (6 August 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

4 entries, first 25 December 1943, last 6 August 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-12-28 815th: sk (ID) in hosp to dy
1943-12-25 HQ: dy to sk (ID) in hosp 22 Ded 1943 FLD 0 & CAPT 13T LT
1944-07-31 815th: Pvt lcl
1944-08-06 815th: Above 7 EM fr TD at San Spirito Rest Camp to dy

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 87, roll 458053820 p. 92, roll 481431546 p. 192, roll 566192358 p. 2183

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