The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

William V Szalay

840thHQ

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Army serial number
35543001
Rank
Sgt (21 January 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), TSGT (4 July 1944), TSGT (6 July 1944), TSGT (1 August 1944), T/Sgt (14 August 1944)
Hometown
DETROIT MI; Detroit MI
Also written
William Szalay
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 35543001); verify

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal1048SSGT
4 July 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1555TSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1605TSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster1610TSGT
1 August 1944Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster2248TSGT

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

Morning reports

3 entries, first 21 January 1944, last 14 August 1944; grades seen: Sgt, T/Sgt. 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.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 894, roll 463205991 p. 776, roll 566195336 p. 1813

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