The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Jack C Moore

817thHQ

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Army serial number
17119175
Rank
Cpl (31 August 1944), CPL (23 September 1944), SSGT (20 October 1944), SSGT (2 February 1945), SSGT (1 April 1945)
Hometown
CORYDON IA; Corydon IA
Also written
Jack Moore
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 113
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+initial (serial 17119175); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
23 September 1944Air Medal3567CPL
20 October 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster4065SSGT
2 February 1945Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster473SSGT
1 April 1945Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster1980SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

1 entry, first 31 August 1944, last 31 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.

National Archives pages: roll 566192358 p. 2462

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