Serviceman
James C Sanders
HQ816th
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- Army serial number
- 35893380
- Rank
- 2LT (24 May 1944), 2LT (6 July 1944), Pvt (22 November 1944)
- Hometown
- Centerville TN; Detroit MI
- Also written
- James Sanders
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+initial (serial 35893380); verify another record shares the name Sanders, James C (units HQ, 816th, 817th, serials 35893380, 0757092); may be the same man
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 1944 | Air Medal | 597 | 2LT |
| 24 May 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 599 | 2LT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 1620 | 2LT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 22 November 1944, last 22 November 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.
- 1944-11-22 816th: Milhorn, John Pvt 3 EM reclassified fr 611 to 345 PP 9 SO 253 Hq. 483rd Bomb Gp (H) dtd 22 Nov. 44.
National Archives pages: roll 576472397 p. 3379
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