Serviceman

Alfred S Oberg

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

39209821

Rank

Cpl (27 September 1944), SGT (28 October 1944), SSGT (4 December 1944), SSGT (19 June 1945)

Hometown

Seattle WA; SEATTLE WA; Seattle, WA

Also written

Alfred Oberg

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 23, 38

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Darell G. Burgeson Crew · 817th
• Thomas W. Cobb Crew · 817th

Missions placed on him

• mission 166, 22 February 1945 · Gundelfingen · Listed with the Darell G. Burgeson crew, which flew it per its history (p. 23); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 182, 16 March 1945 · Schwechat · Listed with the Darell G. Burgeson crew, which flew it per its history (p. 23); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 186, 22 March 1945 · Ruhland · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

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

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 13253 · 44-6776 · 22 March 1945 · mission 186, 22 March 1945 · MIA

Morning reports

1 entry, first 27 September 1944, last 27 September 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.

• 1944-09-27 817th: Robertson Kenneth L 611 Cpl

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 495

Statements, mentions and histories

• 19 more statements from MACR 13253 are on the loss record.