Serviceman
Hess
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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
- 35696920
- Rank
- Pvt (21 January 1944), Cpl (17 August 1944), Cpl (22 August 1944), Cpl (10 November 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
7 entries, first 1 January 1944, last 10 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt. 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.
- 1944-01-01 HQ: Cpl. 8 1 OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
- 1944-01-21 HQ: Dy to sk hosp, 19 Jan life
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Paul W. Higgins
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Paul W. Higgins
- 1944-08-17 840th: Dy to fur (6 days), 16 Aug like
- 1944-08-22 840th: 355801484 DeBolt Pfc Fur to dy.
- 1944-11-10 840th: Fur to dy.
National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 850, roll 461010974 p. 894, roll 466076292 p. 286, roll 466076292 p. 362, roll 566195336 p. 1821, roll 566195336 p. 1832, roll 576476048 p. 1318
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