Serviceman
James E Reed
817th
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- Army serial number
- 06992142
- Rank
- CPL (30 April 1945)
- Hometown
- Rahway NJ
- Also written
- James Reed
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 06992142); verify another record shares the name Reed, James E (units 817th, 840th, serials 06992142, 20443108); may be the same man possible duplicate: Read, John L (817th; sources 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report)
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1945 | Air Medal | 2895 | CPL |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 13 July 1944, last 13 July 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.
- 1944-07-13 817th: 2Lt
National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 799
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