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Diamond

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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: 0695015
Rank: 2d Lt (30 June 1944), 1st Lt (3 September 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

5 entries, first 21 January 1944, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2d Lt. 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.

1944-01-21 816th: Theodore (1035) 2nd LtG20A
1944-06-30 840th: 2d. Lt
1944-09-02 840th: 1st It 52 Dy to hosp (ID), 31 Aug IVs.
1944-09-03 840th: 3 Hosp to dy.
1944-09-05 HQ: 1st It

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 895, roll 478083643 p. 52, roll 570165454 p. 2610, roll 570165454 p. 2611, roll 570165454 p. 2620

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