Serviceman

Welch

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: 35378839
Rank: Cpl (20 January 1944), Cpl (10 July 1944), COL (25 July 1944), Cpl (19 August 1944), Cpl (28 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

6 entries, first 20 January 1944, last 28 August 1944; grades seen: COL, Cpl. 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.

1944-01-20 HQ: Fur to dy (12 days)
1944-02-02 HQ: Bailey Bocci lfc.
1944-07-10 840th: Dy to fur. OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-07-25 840th: Fur to dy.
1944-08-19 840th: Dy to hosp (LD).
1944-08-28 840th: 3 Hosp to dy.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 891, roll 463205991 p. 747, roll 481433713 p. 491, roll 481433713 p. 518, roll 566195336 p. 1826, roll 566195336 p. 1854

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