Serviceman

Villarruel

840thHQ815th

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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: 38402661
Rank: Pvt (7 July 1944), Pfc (5 October 1944), Cpl (14 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 1 December 1943, last 14 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc, 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.

1943-12-01 HQ: Above 7 EM asgd & jd per MOS fr Hg AAB MacDill Fld Tampa Fla 39037014 Herrers, Richard $ (911) Pfc 7 20
1944-07-07 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Pfc per Par so 128, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (II), APO 520, atd 16 Jul 44. OFFICER
1944-09-01 815th: By order of Lt Colonel SPERRY: KENNETH P BISHOP Major, Air Corps Adjutant
1944-10-05 840th: Above 4 RV prom to gr of Cpl per Par 6, so 203, OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
1944-10-14 840th: Above 3 DI rd to er of Pvt, per Par 5. so 216, Hq 483rd Boab Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 14 Oct We

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 239, roll 481433713 p. 502, roll 570165454 p. 385, roll 572487240 p. 2515, roll 572487240 p. 2533

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