Serviceman
C Rufus
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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
- 34671747
- Rank
- Pfc (4 July 1944), Cpl (5 September 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
4 entries, first 28 February 1944, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc. 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.
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Rufus C. Parsons
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Rufus C. Parsons
- 1944-07-04 840th: > Above W promoted fr r indicated to Cpl, per Par 6, so 115, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (7), dtd 7 Jul lilim
- 1944-09-05 840th: Dy to hosp (ID). RECORD STATION OF EVENTS 5 Sept 44: 7 B-17G's departed on bombing mission at 0645 to bomb RR Bridge in Budapest
National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 288, roll 466076292 p. 364, roll 481433713 p. 478, roll 570165454 p. 2622
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