Serviceman

Smith

840thHQ

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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: 0744419
Rank: 2nd Lt (31 October 1943), 1st Lt (14 May 1944), 1st Lt (1 June 1944), Capt (4 October 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

5 entries, first 31 October 1943, last 4 October 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2nd Lt, Capt. 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.

1943-10-31 HQ: (1034) 2nd It
1944-05-14 840th: Dv to Temp Dy with Hg, Fifteenth Air Force, for 7 days, per Par 8, so 118, Hq, 5th Wg, APO 520, dtd 12 May 44.
1944-06-01 840th: Temp Dy to dy, 20 May 44. OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
1944-09-27 840th: 1st It
1944-10-04 840th: Harvey, Jr M/Sgt

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 824, roll 474640174 p. 77, roll 478083643 p. 12, roll 570165454 p. 2654, roll 572487240 p. 2513

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