Ref: NARA Fort Thomas Reception Center Roster for Gordon F Ponceby, 1944
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NARA Fort Thomas Reception Center Roster for Gordon F Ponceby, 1944
NARA digitized roster page from the Fort Thomas reception center, dated 14 February 1944, listing Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, on line 19 among aviation cadets in White Company C reporting at the checking station. The image-backed roster corroborates Gordon's presence at Fort Thomas on the same date as the existing Army Serial Number Merged File entry.
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What it says
NARA digitized roster page from the Fort Thomas reception center, dated 14 February 1944, listing Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, on line 19 among aviation cadets in White Company C reporting at the checking station. The image-backed roster corroborates Gordon's presence at Fort Thomas on the same date as the existing Army Serial Number Merged File entry.
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Type
Military Record
Date
14 February 1944
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document type as recorded
Reception center checking-station roster
roster heading as recorded
Roster of men reporting at checking station reception center Ft. Thomas, KY
unit or group as recorded
Aviation Cadets, White, Company C
station as recorded
Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
roster date
14 February 1944
principal name as recorded
Ponceby, Gordon F.
serial number
15127392
roster line number
19
catalog record title
Morning Reports for February 1944: Roll 117 (2 of 2)
national archives identifier
462920084
digital object id
462920437
summary
NARA digitized Fort Thomas reception center roster dated 14 February 1944 listing Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, among aviation cadets reporting at the checking station.
Document Type As Recorded
Reception center checking-station roster
Roster Heading As Recorded
Roster of men reporting at checking station reception center Ft. Thomas, KY
Unit Or Group As Recorded
Aviation Cadets, White, Company C
Station As Recorded
Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
Roster Date
14 February 1944
Principal Name As Recorded
Ponceby, Gordon F.
Serial Number
15127392
Roster Line Number
19
Catalog Record Title
Morning Reports for February 1944: Roll 117 (2 of 2)
National Archives Identifier
462920084
Digital Object Id
462920437
Summary
NARA digitized Fort Thomas reception center roster dated 14 February 1944 listing Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, among aviation cadets reporting at the checking station.
Morning Reports for February 1944: Roll 117 (2 of 2)
national archives identifier
462920084
level of description
fileUnit
series
Morning Reports
series naid
85713825
catalog record group as listed
Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration
creator
War Department
reference unit
National Archives at St. Louis
access restriction
Unrestricted
use restriction
Unrestricted
general records type
Textual Records
digital object id
462920437
original digital object format
TIFF
repository artifact note
Original NARA TIFF converted to JPEG for repository-supported image ingest; original object identifier and filename retained here.
accessed
26 April 2026
pages
1
Notes
Research notes
Image-backed corroboration for Gordon Francis Ponceby's Fort Thomas reception-center presence; broader enlistment and service details still depend on other military records.
Related NARA OCR hits on the same February 1944 roll were followed up in source-nara-special-orders-gordon-f-ponceby-keesler-field-1944, which documents the ordered movement to Keesler Field, Mississippi.
This source should remain proposed until user review; no canonical person record was updated from it.