Serviceman

Groom

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: 34393094
Rank: Sgt (2 January 1944), S/Sgt (8 February 1944), S/Sgt (1 March 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

3 entries, first 2 January 1944, last 1 March 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, 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.

1944-01-02 HQ: above 2 named EM fr 12 day fur to dy OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT
1944-02-08 815th: ration with Sq to ration sep 5 Feb 1944
1944-03-01 815th: 34430675 Fish (747) Cpl

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 672, roll 463205991 p. 597, roll 466093760 p. 408

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