Serviceman
Mercado
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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
- 38114792
- Rank
- Pvt (22 December 1943), Pvt (29 January 1944), Pvt (10 February 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
5 entries, first 29 November 1943, last 10 February 1944; grades seen: 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.
- 1943-11-29 817th: Duty Guard Patrol (522) asgd jd fr AAPWITC Lincoln Nebraska
- 1943-12-22 817th: Trfd to HQ 483rd BG as of 21 Dec 43
- 1943-12-21 HQ: Pvt 8 10
- 1944-01-29 HQ: DV to Hosp 1300
- 1944-02-10 817th: Sk Hosp to dy 0900
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 820, roll 458052819 p. 1000, roll 458053820 p. 222, roll 461010974 p. 666, roll 463205991 p. 555
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