Portrait of Anthony J. Raimondo in uniform
A World War II Service Record

Anthony J. Raimondo

Sergeant · Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 3d Bombardment Division
Army Air Forces · Service no. 33 336 100
Service Number
33 336 100
Documented Rank
Sergeant (as of September 1944)
Documented Unit
Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 3d Bombardment Division, Eighth Air Force
Theater
European Theater of Operations (ETO)
This timeline reconstructs Anthony's World War II service from his enlistment record and the Morning Reports, orders and unit records held by the National Archives, searched by service number. Each entry cites its source; items marked Newly discovered were recovered from the records.

Map of Service

Locations documented in his service records.

Map of Anthony J. Raimondo's documented WWII service locations

Service stops

  1. Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaInducted here on September 24, 1942
  2. Warner Robins Army Air Depot, GeorgiaArmy service documented by November 12, 1942
  3. Elveden Hall, Suffolk, EnglandHq & Hq Squadron, 3d Bombardment Division, September 1944
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How to read this service timeline

This page brings together records created for different purposes. The labels below tell you what kind of evidence supports each entry; open either guide when a record or military term is unfamiliar.

Confirmed — Service record

A personal military record supports the entry.

Confirmed — Unit record

A record created by his unit names him or documents the unit’s activity.

Context

Helpful background, clearly separated from personal evidence.

Newly discovered

Information recovered during this research, rather than supplied at the start.

How to read a Morning Report

Morning Reports were daily administrative records prepared by individual Army and Army Air Forces units. They generally recorded changes—such as arrivals, transfers, promotions, illness, or return to duty—not a complete list of everyone present.

MORNING REPORT · SAMPLE
1Organization
Company A, 123rd Infantry
2Station or location
Camp Example, Virginia
3Date
14 September 1944
4Section
Personnel changes
5Pvt Smith, John A., 35123456
6asgd fr Hq Co per SO 187, Hq 123d Inf
In plain English Private John A. Smith, identified by Army Serial Number 35123456, was assigned to Company A from Headquarters Company under Special Orders No. 187.
  1. 1Organization: the company, hospital, squadron, or other unit filing the report.
  2. 2Station or location: where that unit reported from on that date.
  3. 3Report date: the date of the report, which may differ from the effective date of a change.
  4. 4Section: the part of the form containing personnel changes or the unit’s record of events.
  5. 5Soldier entry: usually rank, name, and Army Serial Number.
  6. 6Change and authority: what happened and the order authorizing it.
asgd
assigned
atchd
attached
trfd
transferred
fr
from
aptd
appointed
EM
enlisted men
SO
Special Orders
GO
General Orders
orgn
organization
sta
station
Common military and research terms
Army Serial Number (ASN)
The unique service number used to distinguish one soldier from others with similar names.
Discharge or separation paper
The document issued when a service member left active service. For many WWII Army enlisted soldiers, this is WD AGO Form 53-55. It summarizes service but is not a day-by-day history.
Morning Report
An Army unit’s daily administrative report. It usually lists people whose status changed, not every person in the unit.
Unit record
A document created by a military organization. It may name the soldier directly or provide context about his unit; the timeline states which applies.
OMPF or “201 file”
The service member’s Official Military Personnel File. Many Army and Air Force files were damaged or destroyed in the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire.
Unit and final unit
A unit is the organization in which someone served. The final unit is the organization shown at separation; it may not be the only unit in the service history.
Rank or grade
The service member’s level in the military hierarchy. A timeline may show changes in rank over time.
MOS
Military Occupational Specialty—the Army’s classification for a soldier’s primary military job.
Assigned and attached
Assigned means formally placed in a unit. Attached usually means serving with a unit temporarily while belonging administratively elsewhere.
Special Orders and General Orders
Official directives used to authorize personnel actions, awards, organizational changes, and other decisions.
Campaign credit
Official recognition for service connected with a named campaign. It does not, by itself, describe a service member’s individual actions.
Station or location
The place from which a unit filed a report. It does not automatically prove that every member was physically present there.
Source citation
The note beneath a timeline entry identifying the record or records that support it.

Service Timeline

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Confirmed — Record
March 15, 1921

Anthony is born in Pittsburgh

Anthony Joseph Raimondo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1921. His parents were Natale Raimondo and Rosalie Lima. Anthony later gave the same birth date and city on his Social Security application, and the Army recorded that birth date on his wartime identification card.
Source: NARA, Numerical Identification Files (Record Group 47), Application (SS-5) file, record for ANTHONY JOSEPH RAIMONDO, born 15 March 1921, Access to Archival Databases record 1782102 (Last Names O through R file), retrieved September 4, 2026; NUMIDENT death file (BUNMD), which gives his birth city as Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; Find A Grave memorial #276079294, Anthony Joseph Raimondo, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Anthony Joseph Raimondo draft registration card, February 16, 1942, NARA NAID 364428912, image 01284 (displayed under February 16, 1942) — https://catalog.archives.gov/id/364428912
Confirmed — Record
July 1939

A Social Security file entry identifies his family

A July 1939 entry in Anthony's Social Security application file gives his birthplace as Pittsburgh and names his parents, Natale Raimondo and Rosalie Lima. The entry gives March 15, 1921, as his birth date, matching his draft registration and Army identification card.
Source: NARA, Numerical Identification Files (Record Group 47), Application (SS-5) file, record for ANTHONY JOSEPH RAIMONDO, born 15 March 1921, cycle date July 1939, Access to Archival Databases record 1782102 (Last Names O through R file), retrieved September 4, 2026; parents also named on Find A Grave memorial #276079294, Anthony Joseph Raimondo, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Confirmed — Service record
February 16, 1942

Registers for the draft

Anthony registered for the draft in Philadelphia, as the law required of young men his age. He was twenty years old and lived at 6520 Elmwood Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. He named his mother, Rosalie, at the same address, as the person who would always know where to reach him, and he worked for B. Schultz, a few doors away at 6541 Elmwood Avenue. The card carries his own signature. The number on it, T-1140, is his draft registration number, separate from the Army service number he received later.
scanned record
The front of his draft registration card, signed “Anthony J. Raimondo.” The handwritten note across the top was added later; see October 1, 1945.
scanned record
The back of the card: the registrar’s description and the stamp of Local Board No. 59, City of Philadelphia, dated February 16, 1942.
Source: Selective Service System, Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania (NARA Record Group 147, series NAID 5324575), file unit “Ramaley, Howard – Ramsey, Benjamin (2 of 3),” NAID 364428912, images 01284 (front) and 01285 (back), card for Anthony Joseph Raimondo, serial T-1140 – National Archives Catalog, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/364428912
Confirmed — Service record
September 24, 1942

Drafted into the Army in Philadelphia

The Army inducted Anthony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 24, 1942. His enlistment-file entry identifies him as a draftee. It lists him as single, with one year of high school, and places his civilian work in the category of skilled mechanics and repairmen. It uses Branch Immaterial for his branch, without identifying a specific arm of service. The Veterans Administration index dates the start of his active service to October 8.
Source: NARA, World War II Army Enlistment Records (Record Group 64), Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, record for RAIMONDO ANTHONY J, serial 33336100 (box 0644, film reel 1.161) — https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&rid=3815082
Confirmed — Service record
October 8, 1942

Begins active service

The Veterans Administration service index dates the start of Anthony's active Army service to October 8, 1942, two weeks after his induction.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) death file, entry for ANTHONY J RAIMONDO, born 15 March 1921, died 17 June 2000: Army, entered 8 October 1942, released 1 October 1945; retained import birls_full_2022.csv, entry 3726942, checked October 23, 2026
Confirmed — Unit record
November 12, 1942

Serving at Warner Robins in Georgia

By November 12, 1942, Anthony was serving at Warner Robins Army Air Depot in Georgia. The Army clerk included Private Raimondo in a group of men assigned and joined that day. A Morning Report was the Army's daily account of personnel changes. The station page identifies Warner Robins; the November 18 entry identifies Anthony by his full name and service number.
scanned record
Remarks for November 11–16, 1942. Private Raimondo appears in the November 12 entry and in the corrected entry beneath it. The yellow highlighting is ours; it identifies his entry on the page.
scanned record
The station page for the same month: Warner Robins Army Air Depot, Warner Robins, Georgia.
Source: Morning Report book, November 1942, Warner Robins Army Air Depot, Georgia. NARA Roll 2119, NAID 438073763, images 1896 (personnel remarks, November 11–16) and 1903 (station and record of events).
Confirmed — Unit record
November 18, 1942

Transfers to the medical detachment at Warner Robins

On November 18, Army orders transferred Anthony and Private Joseph S. Hajdak to the Medical Department detachment at the same air depot. A detachment was a military unit organized for a particular task. The clerk identified Anthony in full as a Private, with Army service number 33336100.
scanned record
The entry for November 18, 1942, second paragraph: “Per S.O. #298 date 18 Nov 42, Pvts. Raimondo, Anthony J., 33336100 … trf’d to Det Med. Dept this sta.” The yellow highlighting is ours; it identifies his entry on the page.
Source: Morning Report — 15th Medical Supply Platoon, November 1942 — NARA Roll 2119 (Morning Reports, January 1940 – July 1943, part 2 of 5; NAID 438073763), image 1897 (remarks, November 17–21)
Confirmed — Service record
December 31, 1942

His identification card confirms Air Corps service

The Army issued Anthony the identification card his family still keeps. It lists him as a Private in the Air Corps, shown on the card by the abbreviation “AC.” The card includes his photograph, signature, and right-hand fingerprints. It describes him as five feet ten inches tall and 195 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.
scanned record
His War Department identification card, issued December 31, 1942. The left leaf carries his name, grade, arm of service (AC) and serial number; the center leaf his description and photograph; the right leaf his fingerprints.
Source: War Department identification card, W.D., A.G.O. Form No. 65-4, issued 31 December 1942 — held by the family, photographed and supplied by them
Confirmed — Unit record
September 21, 1944

Serving as a sergeant in England

By September 21, 1944, Anthony was serving in England with the Eighth Air Force. That day, his unit's Morning Report identifies him as a Sergeant in the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 3d Bombardment Division, stationed at Elveden Hall in Suffolk, England. The clerk listed his service number, 33336100, and changed his status from duty to a seven-day furlough, or leave.
scanned record
His own line, fourth from the bottom of the enlisted entries: serial 33336100, RAIMONDO, Sgt. The station and the unit are typed across the top of the card. The yellow highlighting is ours; it identifies his entry on the page.
Source: Morning Report — Hq & Hq Sq, 3d Bombardment Division — NARA Roll 605, NAID 569832794, image 2808 (ending 2400, 21 September 1944)
Context
September 1944

His unit's role at Elveden Hall

Elveden Hall was a country house near Thetford that the U.S. Army called Camp Blainey. It served as the headquarters of the Eighth Air Force's 3d Bombardment Division, which directed heavy-bomber groups flying missions over Europe. Anthony served in the headquarters squadron, which staffed and supported the division's command post.
Source: Maurer Maurer, ed., Air Force Combat Units of World War II (USAF Historical Division, 1961), 3d Air Division, pp. 434–435 — https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/101-150/AFD-090529-056.pdf; Imperial War Museums, American Air Museum, Elveden Hall (Camp Blainey) — https://americanarchive.iwm.org.uk/archive/place/elveden-hall
Confirmed — Unit record
September 28, 1944

Returns from leave

On September 28, the Army clerk changed Anthony's status from furlough back to duty. The entry again names Raimondo, Sergeant, service number 33336100, at Elveden Hall. Four other men appear with him in both leave entries.
scanned record
The September 28 return-to-duty entry lists Raimondo, Sergeant, service number 33336100, at the same station and in the same unit. The yellow highlighting is ours; it identifies his entry on the page.
Source: Morning Report — Hq & Hq Sq, 3d Bombardment Division — NARA Roll 605, NAID 569832794, image 2822 (ending 2400, 28 September 1944)
Context
Winter 1944–45

The 3d Bombardment Division receives a new name

Around the turn of 1945, the Army Air Forces renamed the 3d Bombardment Division the 3d Air Division. The division headquarters remained at Elveden Hall until late October 1945, then moved to Honington, Suffolk, before the division was inactivated in November. This is the history of the division Anthony served with in September 1944.
Source: Maurer Maurer, ed., Air Force Combat Units of World War II (USAF Historical Division, 1961), 3d Air Division, pp. 434–435 — https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/101-150/AFD-090529-056.pdf; Imperial War Museums, American Air Museum, 3rd Bomb Division — https://americanarchive.iwm.org.uk/archive/unit/3rd-bomb-division; Charles A. Ravenstein, The Organization and Lineage of the United States Air Force (Office of Air Force History, 1985), p. 20 — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-D301-PURL-LPS48691/pdf/GOVPUB-D301-PURL-LPS48691.pdf#page=34
Confirmed — Service record
October 1, 1945

Honorably discharged

Anthony was honorably discharged on October 1, 1945, one week short of three years after the start of his active service. His Veterans Administration index gives that date as the end of active service. His draft board added the note: “Hon Disc 10/1/45,” meaning honorable discharge on October 1, 1945.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) death file, entry for ANTHONY J RAIMONDO, born 15 March 1921, died 17 June 2000: Army, entered 8 October 1942, released 1 October 1945; annotation “Hon Disc 10/1/45” on his draft registration card, Selective Service System, Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania (NARA Record Group 147, series NAID 5324575), file unit “Ramaley, Howard – Ramsey, Benjamin (2 of 3),” NAID 364428912, images 01284 (front) and 01285 (back), card for Anthony Joseph Raimondo, serial T-1140 – National Archives Catalog, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/364428912
Confirmed — Record
1946

Marries Edna Woolfall

Anthony married Edna Woolfall in 1946, according to his cemetery memorial. Their family included five children: Barbara, John, Joseph, James, and Joann.
Source: Find A Grave memorial #276079294, Anthony Joseph Raimondo, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (spouse, m. 1946); Find A Grave memorial #289061264, Edna Woolfall Raimondo; children named in Edna's Philadelphia Inquirer death notice, October 1990, as transcribed on memorial #289061264
Confirmed — Record
October 26, 1990

Anthony's wife, Edna, dies

Edna M. Raimondo, born Edna Woolfall, died at age sixty-eight. Her death notice names Anthony as her husband and lists their children: Barbara, John, Joseph, James, and Joann. Her family announced a funeral Mass at St. Barnabas Church and burial at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for Edna M. Raimondo (nee Woolfall), October 1990, as transcribed on Find A Grave memorial #289061264, Edna Woolfall Raimondo, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Confirmed — Record
June 17, 2000

Anthony dies at age 79

Anthony J. Raimondo died on June 17, 2000, at age seventy-nine. His cemetery memorial records his burial at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where Edna was also buried.
Source: VA BIRLS beneficiary index, retained import birls_full_2022.csv, entry 3726942 (selected fields displayed under October 8, 1942); Social Security death-file corroboration; Find A Grave memorial #276079294, Anthony Joseph Raimondo, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Find A Grave memorial #289061264.