Serviceman

Louis L Drogoski

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

13107064

Rank

Pfc (6 December 1943), Sgt. (23 April 1944), SGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), S/Sgt (24 July 1944), S/Sgt (7 August 1944), S/Sgt (8 September 1944), SSGT (10 September 1944), S/Sgt (10 September 1944), SSGT (1 October 1944), s/sgt (18 October 1944), Pvt (23 October 1944)

Hometown

CLAIRTON PA; Clairton PA; Clairton, PA

Also written

Louis Drogoski

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 21

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Leo Cooper Brooks Crew · 840th

Missions placed on him

• mission 7, 23 April 1944 · Wiener Neustadt · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 4664 · 42-5777 The Gin Mill · 23 April 1944 · mission 7, 23 April 1944

Morning reports

8 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 23 October 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt, S/Sgt, s/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: ,fc James H Perkins
• 1943-12-06 HQ: James R Perkins
• 1944-07-24 840th: Hosp to dy.
• 1944-08-07 840th: 52 Dy to hosp (LD).
• 1944-09-08 840th: / Hosp to dy.
• 1944-09-10 840th: / Hosp to dy.
• 1944-10-18 840th: 11 Rd to gr of Pvt per Par 2, so 220, Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H), dtd 18 Oct 44.
• 1944-10-23 840th: 2 Reclassified fr 612 to 911 per Par 3, so 224, Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 22 Oct 44.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 129, roll 458053820 p. 270, roll 481433713 p. 516, roll 566195336 p. 1800, roll 570165454 p. 2629, roll 570165454 p. 4140, roll 572487240 p. 2543, roll 572487240 p. 2552

Statements, mentions and histories

• 24 more statements from MACR 4664 are on the loss record.