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Hermes, Joseph Gerald (Jerry), TSgt USAF(Ret).
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Retired from Active Duty in 1971, trained as a boiler engineer, and took work accordingly in Thief River Falls, MN, and Grand Rapids, MN.
Other Comments:
Jerry was the husband of my aunt Vicky (my mother's sister).
He was a quiet and respectful man, great inner strength, honorable and proper.
I am just beginning to enter data on his Remembrance Profile Page. He saved a bit of information, mostly DD-214's and some related documents. I am having some occasional trouble sorting thru the AF paperwork and/or correlating that to AFTWS, but am managing to sniff out a thing or two. As I become more familiar with both, I will probably be interfacing more with Admin and other members for assistance.
NOTE: Since I am unfamiliar with both the USAF and AFTWS, I have double-listed some of the assignment time periods showing both the unit and the AF Base he was assigned to. If this is not the way to do this, I will gladly accept corrective advice.
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Last Updated: Aug 8, 2008
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Field Title / Value / Meaning ARMY SERIAL NUMBER / 37590112 / 37590112 NAME / HERMES#GERALD#T######### / HERMES#GERALD#T######### RESIDENCE: STATE / 74 / MINNESOTA RESIDENCE: COUNTY / 053 / HENNEPIN PLACE OF ENLISTMENT / 7435 / FT SNELLING MINNESOTA DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY / 12 / 12 DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH / 02 / 02 DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR / 44 / 44 GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION / PVT# / Private GRADE: CODE / 8 / Private BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION / NO# / No branch assignment BRANCH: CODE / 02 / No branch assignment FIELD USE AS DESIRED / # / # TERM OF ENLISTMENT / 5 / Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law LONGEVITY / ### / ### SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL / 0 / Civil Life NATIVITY / 74 / MINNESOTA YEAR OF BIRTH / 19 / 19 RACE AND CITIZENSHIP / 1 / White, citizen EDUCATION / 1 / 1 year of high school CIVILIAN OCCUPATION / 485 / Skilled welders and flame cutters MARITAL STATUS / 2 / Married COMPONENT OF THE ARMY / 7 / Selectees (Enlisted Men) CARD NUMBER / # / # BOX NUMBER / 1235 / 1235 FILM REEL NUMBER / 6.1## / 6.1##
(Note: According to DD-4, dated 25 Oct 1965, Joseph Gerald Hermes was rejected for Army Service in 1944 after reporting for induction at Fort Snelling, MN, no reason cited)