Serviceman

Marvin G Galvin

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

38450688

Rank

SGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), SSGT (10 July 1944), SSGT (12 August 1944), S/Sgt (5 September 1944)

Hometown

STUTTGART AR; Stuttgart AR

Also written

Marvin Galvin

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 265

Sources

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

Crews

• Ray H. Whitaker Crew, LW · 840th

Missions placed on him

• mission 29, 6 June 1944 · Galati · The Ray H. Whitaker crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 265)
• mission 35, 23 June 1944 · Ploesti · The Ray H. Whitaker crew's history names Ploesti: one of 3 missions there in its time (p. 265)
• mission 48, 9 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Ray H. Whitaker crew's history names Ploesti: one of 3 missions there in its time (p. 265)
• mission 50, 15 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Ray H. Whitaker crew's history names Ploesti: one of 3 missions there in its time (p. 265)
• mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · The Ray H. Whitaker crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 265)

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.

Morning reports

1 entry, first 5 September 1944, last 5 September 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.

• 1944-09-05 840th: Above 0 & EM reld of dy & trfd to Repl Depot #7, per Subject Orders, liq 15th AF, APO 520, 2 Sept We. FLD 0 a CAPT

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 2618