Serviceman

Roger Langlois

817th

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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: 31280348
Rank: Pfc (19 April 1944), Pfc (1 May 1944), Pfc (17 November 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 19 April 1944, last 17 November 1944; grades seen: Pfc. 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.

1944-04-19 817th: 52 fr dy to hosp OFFICER FLD o & CAPT
1944-05-01 817th: 3 $1115041 Greene John P Cpl
1944-11-17 817th: 4 Trfd to Hq 483rd B Gp (H) so 248 Hq 483 BG 16 Av

National Archives pages: roll 469122525 p. 148, roll 474638098 p. 249, roll 576472397 p. 3604

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