Saunders, Wade White

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Saunders, Wade White ‡
Rank	Master Sergeant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	06379820 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 6th Service Squadron, per 6th Service Squadron Payroll Roster 1943-01, effective 15 January 1943. Assigned to the 443rd Sub Depot, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 19 November 1943. , effective 19 November 1943. Assigned to the 841st Air Engineering Squadron, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #82 EXTRACT dated 15 April 1945., effective 15 April 1945.
Duty	Non-flying duty
MOS	752
Last Duty Date	TBD
Results	TBD
Decorations	Awarded the Bronze Star medal on 28 May 1944.
Citation For Higher Decoration	WADE W. SAUNDERS, 6379820, Master Sergeant, Army Air Forces, United States Army. For meritorious achievement, while serving as Assistant Engineering Officer of the * Service Squadron and later as Assistant Sub-Depot Engineering Officer of the * Sub-Depot during the period from February, 1943 to February, 1944. Sergeant Saunders exceptional ability, devotion to duty and technical skills were prime factors in enabling his organization to keep the maximum number of aircraft in operational condition at all times. Entered the military service from North Carolina. Citation Source: EXTRACT of General Order #422, Hq. VIII Air Force dated 28 May 1944
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 23 March 1913 Detailed for Temporary Duty on 30 June 1944 to Station 125 for approximately 1 and one half days, purpose Engineering Activities: AAF Station 106 Special Orders #124 dated 29 June 1944. Reclassified from MOS 750 to MOS 752 on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #151 dated 29 July 1944. Discharged as a Master Sergeant, 06379820, for the convenience of the government effective 9 August 1944 to accept Temporary Commission as Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States (AUS), O-686378 on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #161 dated 12 August 1944. Detailed to inventory and audit the monthly accounts of the Post Exchange, this station for the month of December 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #252 dated 21 December 1944. Ordered to AAF Station 493 on 5 January 1945 for two days Temporary duty, purpose Sub Depot Activities per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #4 dated 5 January 1945. Promoted to First Lieutenant effective 1 April 1945 per 443rd Sub-Depot April 1945 unit history.
Related Documents	443rd Sub-Depot Photos⇗

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