Serviceman

Hoffman

HQ815th

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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: 32601051
Rank: Sgt (23 December 1943), Sgt (3 January 1944), Sgt (29 January 1944), Pvt (2 February 1944), S/Sgt (10 April 1944), T/Sgt (16 August 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name; a single entry, so the spelling is unverified serial 32801051 in morning reports differs by one digit from 32601051; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 32801051); verify

Morning reports

8 entries, first 3 January 1944, last 28 September 1944; grades seen: Pvt, S/Sgt, Sgt, T/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.

1944-01-29 815th: Above 2 EM reld of dy & trfd to Hgs 483rd Bomb Gp (H) this sta
1944-01-03 HQ: Fur to dy (11 Days)
1944-01-29 HQ: Set
1944-01-31 HQ: Sgt G Reclass fr 056 to 511 Auth: Base Classification Board OFFICERS PRESENT AND ABSENT
1944-02-02 HQ: 501 Bercik
1944-04-10 HQ: The above name KM fr dy to DS 99th Bomb Gp (H) AD
1944-08-16 HQ: Dy to TD San Spirito Rest Camp 65 days) OFFICER FLD 08 CAPT 1ST LT
1944-09-28 815th: 511 903 Cpl Elmo C Gooden

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 665, roll 461010974 p. 667, roll 461010974 p. 854, roll 461010974 p. 908, roll 463205991 p. 747, roll 469769929 p. 308, roll 565963497 p. 1963, roll 570165454 p. 295

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