War Department
US Army Air Forces
SPECIAL ORDERS

NAMES BEGINNING WITH P

Special Orders were created for every personnel action of the War Department. (US Army and US Army Air Forces). Unfortunately, most of the day to day actions were done at an organizational level and those records were only maintained for a short time. However, transfers between corps of the Army, officer appointments, officer promotions, special training, retirements, and other special assignments were done by the War Department. These records were placed in bound volumes and kept in military libraries until later discarded. We have found a number of these that include sets of the years: 1917, 1918 (Nov-Dec), 1921, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938 (Jun-Dec), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, and 1946 (Jan-Jun). These volumes clearly contain some of the information lost in the tragic 1973 fire in the Defense Personnel Records Center.

We have indexed a few thousand of the Air Service, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces names, but it will be a long time before they are all indexed. We will continue to add more as time permits. Please contact us for additional details.

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NAME	SERIAL NUMBER	DATE
PACKARD, ASHLEY B		JULY 1938
PACKARD, JOHN H		AUG 1917
PACKING, HAROLD A		FEB 1921
PAEGELOW, JOHN A		JUL 1917
PAEGELOW, JOHN A		AUG 1921
PAGE, EDWIN R		JUNE 1921
PAGE, EDWIN R		FEB 1921
PAGE, LEWIS A		JULY 1921
PAGE, LEWIS A		JAN 1921
PAGE, RANDOLPH G		JUL 1917
PAGE, RICHARD C M		OCT 1917
PAGE, ROBERT T	O-871567	JAN 1946
PAINTER, THEOPHILUS B		OCT 1917
PAKAS, MANFRED A		DEC 1917
PALMER, CHARLES E		NOV 1918
PALMER, CLARENCE		OCT 1917
PALMER, CURTIS R	O-376960	JAN 1941
PALMER, DANA		JUL 1917
PALMER, DANA		NOV 1917
PALMER, GEORGE M		NOV 1917
PALMER, GEORGE M		AUG 1921
PALMER, GEORGE W	O-586311	JAN 1946
PALMER, LOYAL D		NOV 1917
PALMER, LOYAL D		DEC 1917
PALMER, M J		NOV 1917
PALMER, SHELBY Y JR		JULY 1938
PALMER, WILLIAM J	O-1575502	JAN 1946
PALMISON, FRANK F		NOV 1918
PANKOW, C J		OCT 1917
PARDEE, ELLIOTT T	O-22498	MAR 1942
PARDUE, LITTLETON J		JULY 1938
PARDY, GEORGE W		MAY 1921
PARDY, GEORGE W		MAR 1921
PARK, PHOCION S		SEP 1917
PARK, R S JR		SEP 1917
PARK, RICHARD G JR		NOV 1917
PARKER, CARLETON A		DEC 1917
PARKER, FRANK C JR		OCT 1938
PARKER, J BROOKS		OCT 1917
PARKER, JAMES E		MAR 1921
PARKER, JAMES E		AUG 1938
PARKER, VERNON D		NOV 1918
PARKINSON, OSCAR C		NOV 1918
PARKS, CARL M		JUN 1938
PARKS, VICTOR JR		MAY 1921
PARKS, VICTOR JR		AUG 1921
PARRIS, GEORGE F		OCT 1921
PARRIS, GEORGE F		MAR 1921
PARRISH, NOEL F		JUN 1938
PARSEL, ELMER L	O-301750	JUN 1938
PARSONS, HERBERT		AUG 1917
PARTRIDGE, EARL E		JULY 1938
PASCALE, HENRY		AUG 1921
PASZCK, L F		DEC 1917
PATRICK, FREDERICK I		NOV 1918
PATRICK, JOHN B		AUG 1921
PATRICK, JOHN B		AUG 1938
PATRICK, MASON M		OCT 1921
PATRICK, ROY C		SEP 1917
PATTERSON, ALFRED B		OCT 1917
PATTERSON, FRANK S		SEP 1917
PATTERSON, FRANK S		OCT 1917
PATTERSON, GEORGE B		AUG 1917
PATTERSON, GEORGE B		OCT 1917
PATTERSON, GEORGE B		AUG 1921
PATTERSON, J NEIL		OCT 1917
PATTERSON, JOHN A		NOV 1918
PATTERSON, JOHN F		DEC 1917
PATTERSON, LYMAN		NOV 1921
PATTERSON, OWEN H		NOV 1918
PATTERSON, STEELE R	O-321763	JUN 1938
PATTERSON, STEELE R	O-321763	JULY 1938
PATTERSON, WILLIAM L		AUG 1917
PATTERSON, WILLIAM L		OCT 1917
PATTERSON, WILLIAM L		NOV 1917
PATTERSON, WILLIAM L		DEC 1917
PAUL, FRANK M		AUG 1921
PAUL, FRANKLIN K	O-309764	JUN 1938
PAUL, FRANKLIN K		SEP 1938
PAUL, FRANKLIN K		OCT 1938
PAUL, FRANKLIN K		NOV 1938
PAUL, JAMES D		AUG 1917
PAUL, JAMES D		OCT 1917
PAUL, SAMUEL H		AUG 1917
PAUL, SAMUEL H		NOV 1917
PAULL, JAMES D		OCT 1917
PAVEL, WILLIAM T	6827484	SEP 1938
PAYNE, BLEDSOE		NOV 1918
PAYNE, CHARLES		SEP 1917
PAYNE, DEWITT J		AUG 1917
PAYNE, DEWITT J		SEP 1917
PAYNE, EDWARD D		OCT 1917
PAYNE, JOHN H	O-357596	JUN 1938
PAYNE, JOHN H	O-357596	OCT 1938
PAYNE, RANDOLPH R		NOV 1918
PAYNE, RICHARD H		DEC 1918
PAYNE, SAMUEL V	O-298465	JULY 1938
PAYNE, SAMUEL V	O-298465	JAN 1941
PAYNE, WILLIAM O	O-421665	MAR 1942
PEABODY, GEORGE H		AUG 1917
PEABODY, GEORGE H		SEP 1917
PEABODY, GEORGE H		MAY 1921
PEABODY, GEORGE H		JULY 1921
PEABODY, HUME		NOV 1938
PEACOCK, JAMES E	O-301388	JAN 1946
PEAK, LAWRENCE I		AUG 1921
PEARSON, DEWITT S		AUG 1917
PEARSON, WILLIAM F		SEP 1917
PEARSON, WILLIAM F		NOV 1921
PEASE, ROBERT A		DEC 1918
PEASLEE, BUDD J		JUN 1938
PECK, WALTER R		DEC 1921
PECK, WALTER R		APR 1921
PEDE, JAMES L		DEC 1917
PEDRICK, ELMER M	2449046	NOV 1918
PEEBLES, WILLIAM B		SEP 1917
PEEK, IRVING B		NOV 1918
PEEK, NORMAN W		JUL 1917
PEEK, NORMAN W		SEPT 1921
PEEK, NORMAN W		MAR 1921
PEEL, FRED W	O-1176761	JAN 1946
PEELER, CALVIN E		OCT 1938
PEETZ, ARTHUR W		NOV 1918
PEGRAM, WALTER M		OCT 1917
PEIRCE, ARTHUR S		NOV 1918
PELHAM, MORRIS		OCT 1938
PELL, FLOYD J		SEP 1938
PELTON, CHARLES H		SEP 1917
PENDER, PRESTON P	O-316293	AUG 1938
PENDER, PRESTON P	O-316293	OCT 1938
PENDER, PRESTON P	O-21659	MAR 1942
PENDERGAST, RALPH E		OCT 1917
PENDLETON, ALEXANDER B		JULY 1938
PENICK, WILLIAM M		OCT 1917
PENNY, ALBERT D		SEP 1917
PENNYBACKER, PERCY V		SEP 1917
PENSEC, LOUIS		OCT 1917
PEPPER, JOHN P		DEC 1917
PERGANDE, ARTHUR G		NOV 1918
PERKINS, ALVIN S		MAR 1921
PERKINS, DALLAS W		AUG 1917
PERKINS, GEORGE		OCT 1917
PERKINS, NICHOLAS T		JULY 1938
PERKINS, TOM C		NOV 1917
PERNOUD, VICTOR V		NOV 1918
PERRAULT, ARTHUR J		NOV 1917
PERRAULT, ARTHUR J		DEC 1917
PERRIN, ARMAND		OCT 1917
PERRIN, ELMER D		MAY 1921
PERRIN, WILLIAM J		AUG 1917
PERRY, GEORGE M		DEC 1918
PERRY, JAMES D		NOV 1917
PERRY, NORRIS		OCT 1938
PERRY, WILLIAM G		NOV 1917
PERSON, ADDISON G		NOV 1918
PERSONS, JOHN W		JULY 1938
PERSONS, WILTON B		SEP 1938
PETERS, HALLAM B		SEP 1917
PETERS, HALLAM B		OCT 1917
PETERS, RUDOLPH O		NOV 1918
PETERS, WALTER F	O-589434	JAN 1946
PETERSEN, HARLEY E	O-876244	JAN 1946
PETERSEN, RAYMOND T	O-22087	MAR 1942
PETERSON, ARMAN		OCT 1938
PETERSON, HAROLD G		AUG 1938
PETERSON, NORMAN L		AUG 1938
PETERSON, NORMAN L		DEC 1938
PETINGA, FRANK J	O-586326	JAN 1946
PETREE, HARRIS E		NOV 1917
PETRICK, WILLIAM J		SEP 1917
PETRY, WILLIAM C		DEC 1917
PETTENGILL, RUSSELL A		NOV 1918
PETTUS, WILLIAM B		SEP 1917
PFIESTER, HENRY J		OCT 1917
PHARR, MARION N	O-357185	JUN 1938
PHELAN, RICHARD		DEC 1917
PHELPS, GLENN		NOV 1917
PHELPS, JAMES W JR		JULY 1938
PHELPS, VERNON L	O-357646	JUN 1938
PHILBRICK, RICHARD W	O-369673	JUN 1938
PHILLIPS, CHARLES T		JUL 1917
PHILLIPS, CHARLES T		JUNE 1921
PHILLIPS, CHARLES T		AUG 1921
PHILLIPS, CHARLES T		MAR 1921
PHILLIPS, CHARLES T		JULY 1938
PHILLIPS, CLAY A		SEP 1917
PHILLIPS, ELDON P		NOV 1917
PHILLIPS, JAMES F		JULY 1938
PHILLIPS, JAMES F	O-15069	JAN 1946
PHILLIPS, WENDELL K		MAR 1921
PHIPPS, JOHN S		NOV 1917
PHYSIOC, JOSEPH A JR		FEB 1921
PICARD, VICTOR J		NOV 1917
PICKERING, LORING		SEP 1917
PICKETT, SYDNEY G		OCT 1918
PIEBES, CHARLES B		NOV 1917
PIEHL, WALTER P	O-230257	OCT 1938
PIERCE, ARTHUR J		OCT 1938
PIERCE, ARTHUR J		NOV 1938
PIERCE, ARTHUR J	O-21520	MAR 1942
PIERCE, ELWIN R	O-913086	JAN 1946
PIERCE, HUGH M		NOV 1917
PIERCE, PERCY		JUL 1917
PIERCE, PERCY		NOV 1917
PIERCE, RAYMOND C		OCT 1917
PIERCE, WILLIS F JR		NOV 1918
PIERSON, NORRIS E		NOV 1917
PIERSON, ROBERT E		OCT 1918
PIGGINS, W S		DEC 1917
PIKE, HARRY M	O-24110	MAR 1942
PIKULA, WALTER	6695497	AUG 1938
PILLET, FREDERICK A		JUN 1938
PILLSBURY, CHARLES S		OCT 1917
PILLSBURY, EDWIN S		OCT 1917
PINCOFFS, EDMUND P		NOV 1917
PING, ROBERT A	O-333032	JUN 1938
PING, ROBERT A	O-333032	OCT 1938
PINKHAM, WILLIAM D		NOV 1918
PINKSTON, GLADWYN E	O-371863	OCT 1938
PIRIE, JOHN H		AUG 1921
PIRISKY, JOSEPH		JUN 1938
PITCHER, RAPHAEL C		OCT 1917
PITTS, RAYMOND B		NOV 1918
PITTS, YOUNGER A		JULY 1921
PITTS, YOUNGER A		AUG 1921
PLACE, CHARLES I		DEC 1918
PLACE, FRED		AUG 1921
PLACE, FRED		DEC 1921
PLACE, FRED		FEB 1921
PLATTER, ELMER C		AUG 1917
PLUMMER, DAVID C JR		NOV 1918
PLUMMER, MAURICE L	O-933036	JAN 1946
POILLON, RICHARD		OCT 1917
POINDEXTER, HENRY B		NOV 1918
POLHAMUS, DOUGLAS C		JULY 1938
POLHEMUS, HENRY M		OCT 1917
POLIFKA, KARL L	O-369674	JUN 1938
POLIFKA, KARL L	O-369674	OCT 1938
POLLARD, JOHN W	O-369675	JUN 1938
POLLNER, JACK W	O-533177	JAN 1946
POLLOCK, GORDON B		NOV 1918
POLLOCK, JOHN		SEP 1917
POLLOCK, JOHN		OCT 1917
POMEROY, DON A JR	O-22814	MAR 1942
POPE, FRANCIS A		FEB 1921
POPE, HARLEY H		AUG 1917
POPE, HARLEY H		DEC 1917
POPEM JOHN W JR		DEC 1917
PORIDER, E G		OCT 1917
PORTER, EDWARD H		JUN 1938
PORTER, HENRY A		DEC 1918
PORTER, JAMES O		OCT 1917
PORTER, JOHN E		NOV 1918
PORTER, ROSCOE S		SEP 1917
PORTERFIELD, ALLEN W		SEP 1917
POSEY, JAMES T		SEP 1938
POST, FRED A		OCT 1917
POST, LEO F		DEC 1921
POSTAL, FREDERICK H	O-361445	SEP 1938
POSTAL, FREDERICK H	O-361445	DEC 1938
POTTER, EDWARD J	O-385360	JAN 1941
POTTER, JEROME T		SEP 1917
POTTER, JOHN H		OCT 1917
POTTER, ROBERT S		OCT 1917
POULSON, FORREST C		NOV 1918
POUPITCH, VERNET V	O-289791	AUG 1938
POURRON, JOHN F		OCT 1917
POURRON, JOSEPH F		OCT 1917
POURRONE, JOSEPH F		OCT 1917
POWEL, HOWARD H		OCT 1917
POWEL, HOWARD H		NOV 1917
POWEL, HOWARD H		DEC 1917
POWELL, ARMSTRONG A		OCT 1917
POWELL, GARLAND W		AUG 1917
POWELL, GARLAND W		SEP 1917
POWELL, GEORGE		OCT 1917
POWELL, GEORGE N		DEC 1918
POWELL, HARFORD W H JR		DEC 1917
POWELL, HOWARD H		SEP 1917
POWELL, JAMES F		FEB 1921
POWELL, JAMES F		SEP 1938
POWELL, JOHN A		NOV 1917
POWELL, JOHN W		NOV 1917
POWELL, THOMAS E		SEP 1938
POWERS, FRANK P		OCT 1917
POWERS, FREDERICK P		NOV 1918
POWERS, LEO F		DEC 1917
POWERS, MYRON		NOV 1918
POWERS, THOMAS S		DEC 1938
POYNTER, EDWARD		AUG 1917
POYNTER, EDWARD		OCT 1917
POYNTER, EDWARD		NOV 1917
PRAEGER, RALPH B		JULY 1938
PRATT, ERNEST A E		DEC 1918
PRATT, HARRY D	O-548275	JAN 1946
PRATT, HENRY C		NOV 1917
PRATT, HENRY C		OCT 1918
PRATT, HENRY C		NOV 1918
PRATT, HENRY C		JULY 1921
PRATT, HENRY C		MAR 1921
PRATT, HENRY G		NOV 1917
PRATT, THOMAS B		NOV 1918
PRENTICE, JAMES		AUG 1917
PRENTISS, PAUL H		MAR 1921
PRESCOTT, PHILIP M JR		AUG 1917
PRESCOTT, ROGER B		OCT 1917
PRESTON, CHARLES I		AUG 1917
PRESTON, FREDERICK A		OCT 1917
PRESTON, JOHN B	O-286974	SEP 1938
PRESTON, JOHN B	O-286974	NOV 1938
PRESTON, MAURICE A		SEP 1938
PRESTON, MAURICE A	O-20673	MAR 1942
PREUSS, PAUL T		JULY 1938
PRICE, GEORGE W		OCT 1917
PRICE, HARLOW R		OCT 1917
PRICE, HARLOW R		NOV 1917
PRICE, JAMES H		JUN 1938
PRICE, JOHN M		NOV 1936
PRICE, JOHN M		DEC 1936
PRICE, NEIL		DEC 1918
PRICHARD, WILLIAM J	O-371864	OCT 1938
PRIME, CHARLES P		JULY 1938
PRINCE, WILLIAM M		NOV 1938
PRINDLE, WILLIAM D		JUL 1917
PRITCHARD, FRANK H		MAR 1921
PRITCHARD, FRED L JR		NOV 1918
PRITCHARD, JOHN A		NOV 1917
PRITCHARD, LAWRENCE D	O-582916	JAN 1946
PROCTOR, DAVID C		DEC 1917
PROCTOR, JOHN P	O-330357	OCT 1938
PROPER, LOUIS W		OCT 1938
PROPER, LOUIS W		NOV 1938
PROPST, RUDOLPH		SEP 1938
PROPST, RUDOLPH W		OCT 1921
PROPST, RUDOLPH W		FEB 1921
PROPST, RUDOLPH W		MAR 1921
PROPST, RUDOLPH W		JULY 1938
PROSSEN, PETER J	O-291681	NOV 1938
PROUDFIT, LUCAS		OCT 1917
PROXMIRE, THEODORE S JR		OCT 1938
PRUITT, WILTON J	O-712461	JAN 1946
PULLIAM, KEELING G		OCT 1917
PULLIAM, KEELING G		DEC 1917
PULLIAM, KELLING G		AUG 1917
PULSIFER, GEORGE JR		AUG 1917
PURDIE, HAROLD J		OCT 1918
PURINTON, WILLIAM R	O-369676	JUN 1938
PURSELL, BRYSON I		NOV 1918
PURSLEY, CHARLES A		AUG 1921
PURSLEY, CHARLES A		FEB 1921
PURSLEY, CHARLES A		OCT 1938
PURYEAR, ALFRED I		FEB 1921
PUTH, GEORGE J		OCT 1917
PUTNAM, CLAUDE E JR	O-369677	JUN 1938
PUTNAM, CLAUDE E JR	O-369677	OCT 1938
PUTNAM, WALTER B	O-369678	JUN 1938