Serviceman

James Lowery

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: 1699080
Rank: 1st Lt (18 October 1943), Capt (7 November 1943), Capt (9 December 1943)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

5 entries, first 15 October 1943, last 2 March 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, Capt. 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.

1943-10-15 817th: duty Sq (2152) asgd but DS Orlando Florida
1943-10-18 817th: Remarks 15 Oct as regards above 0 as read Nasgd but DS Orlando Florida" are deleted
1943-11-07 817th: M/Set
1943-12-09 817th: fr leave to duty as of 7 Dec FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT 20 LT
1944-03-02 817th: Capt E 20A (asgd) (1091)

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 723, roll 453519128 p. 733, roll 456415616 p. 788, roll 458053820 p. 200, roll 466094760 p. 740

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