The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Earl V Fake

817th

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Army serial number
38323580
Rank
SSGT (23 September 1944), S/Sgt (29 October 1944), S/Sgt (3 November 1944)
Hometown
PORTLAND OR
Also written
Earl Fake
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 38323580); verify

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
23 September 1944Soldier's Medal3572SSGT

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

Morning reports

2 entries, first 29 October 1944, last 3 November 1944; grades seen: 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.

National Archives pages: roll 572487240 p. 488, roll 576472397 p. 3585

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