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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
Elliot Schneider Aug 26, 2020 9:24 AM (in response to Lowell Silverman)Lowell,
Found this on my genealogy and additional item on the web site, thought you would like it. Its a map of the 32nd station hospital. Here is also a roster from Ft. Rucker, AL 1942. Additionally, found one from May 1944 see your grandfather at the bottom of the third paper roster showing him as a Dental Surgeon. Lastly, a picture of your grandfather in action.
Hope this Helps,
Elliot Schneider
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
Lowell Silverman Aug 26, 2020 3:57 PM (in response to Elliot Schneider)Hi Elliot. I'm afraid the items you posted are already quite familiar, because they are from my website, https://32ndstationhospital.com/ !
Again, the question was not about a search for grandfather's records (I'm lucky enough to have his copy of the records jacket, avoiding the issue of the 1973 fire). Rather, it pertained to interpreting certain data fields on the roster which I'm finding difficult to read due to the quality of the microfilm.
Lowell
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
Elliot Schneider Aug 26, 2020 5:23 PM (in response to Lowell Silverman)Mr. Silverman,
Glad you have spent sometime looking through your dads records. It looks like you have been very fortunate,
If you look at the roster you can see "DC" means Dental Corps all the The other stuff far right is really hard to read as well. The sad thing is that most army rosters from ww2 1944-1945 were destroyed per army disposition schedule in those days. So you are very lucky to have a roster.
Good luck with your search,
Elliot
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
joan stachnik Aug 27, 2020 9:25 AM (in response to Lowell Silverman)1 person found this helpfulHI Lowell, I found a couple of roster forms online from about the same time or a few years later as the one you posted. Maybe some of the column fields will be the same. Unfortunately I could not find a copy of AR 345-900, which might describe roster forms (and maybe the codes??) for company clerks. There is also a 1947 Technical manual regarding personnel accounting that describes various fields in a personnel roster (available at https://archive.org/details/TM12-305/page/n39/mode/2up?q=chapter+7. see p32 and beyond ). Maybe some of the fields will match your roster. Hope any of this is of some help. And your website for the 32nd Station Hospital is great. joan
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
Elliot Schneider Aug 27, 2020 11:32 AM (in response to Lowell Silverman)Lowell,
Please follow the link and paste into your web browser it explains Medical MOS during WW2
https://www.med-dept.com/articles/ww2-medical-mos-definitions/
Elliot Schneider
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
Lowell Silverman Aug 27, 2020 9:22 PM (in response to Elliot Schneider)Yep, that's a great site, and illustrates the exact point I was making in the initial post. The Duty field would seem to be for MOSs (at least that's what was listed on an enlisted roster). However, the officer MOSs were 4 digit numbers, not two letters and two numbers as on the roster above.
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
joan stachnik Aug 27, 2020 10:34 PM (in response to Lowell Silverman)3 people found this helpfulHi Lowell, I think I found a blank miscellaneous form (also known as WD AGO Form 305A). It was in a book called "The Army Clerk" (or TM 12-252). There is a copy in Archive.org (at https://archive.org/details/TM12-252/page/n273/mode/2up?q=the+army+clerk.), see page App-41. It's still a bit difficult to read, but the column headings seem to be :Serial #; Name of Individual; Grade; Duty; Arm or Service of Individual; Subunit (No./Type); Parent Unit (Number/Type); Specl.; Comp.; Current Com or Enlistment Date (Day, Mo, Yr); Status (Code, Day, Mo, Yr). This form is from 1941. I can't tell if the form you posted is from the same year. I did not look through the book to see if any codes are explained. Hope this is of some help. joan
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
Lowell Silverman Aug 28, 2020 11:40 AM (in response to joan stachnik)That is fantastic. Yes, it appears to be the same form (the roster is from 1943). Thanks so much!
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Re: Seeking assistance with WWII Army roster data fields
joan stachnik Aug 28, 2020 12:01 PM (in response to Lowell Silverman)Glad it is of help. Good luck with your search on the deciphering the codes. If I find anything additional, I will post. joan
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