Serviceman

Layne

816th

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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: 38435766
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 33435766 in morning reports differs by one digit from 38435766; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 33435766); verify

Morning reports

1 entry, first 17 April 1944, last 17 April 1944. 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.

1944-04-17 816th: Pfs

National Archives pages: roll 469122525 p. 20

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