Serviceman

Walters

817th

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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: 14180920
Rank: Cpl (17 November 1943), Cpl (28 November 1943), Col (19 February 1944), Sgt (25 February 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 17 November 1943, last 25 February 1944; grades seen: Col, Cpl, 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.

1943-11-17 817th: " ty to far (10 days)
1943-11-28 817th: Set fr fur to duty 27 November
1944-02-19 817th: fr duty to Emergency Fur (6 das).
1944-02-25 817th: fr fur (6 das) to duty OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 801, roll 456415616 p. 819, roll 463205991 p. 725, roll 463205991 p. 733

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