Serviceman

Talman

817thHQ

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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: 14073299
Rank: S/Sgt (7 November 1943), S/Sgt (23 January 1944), S/Sgt (27 August 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

4 entries, first 7 November 1943, last 27 August 1944; grades seen: S/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.

1943-11-07 817th: Travel via Military Aircraft fr Ephrata to MacDill Fld for dy as of 2 November, 1943. FLD 08 CAPT 13T LT
1944-01-23 817th: fr fur (13 das) to duty
1944-06-11 HQ: S/Set
1944-08-27 817th: Reclass fr 502 to 791

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 788, roll 461010974 p. 837, roll 478080727 p. 348, roll 566192358 p. 2454

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