War Department
US Army Air Forces
SPECIAL ORDERS

NAMES BEGINNING WITH R

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	ORDER DATE
RABINOWITZ, MILTON	O-855031	JAN 1946
RABOLD, RAPHAEL F		DEC 1921
RADER, IRA A		JUL 1917
RADER, IRA A		OCT 1917
RAGINS, MORTON	O-875815	JAN 1946
RAGLE, RICHARD C	O-289792	SEP 1938
RAINEY, LEROY A		OCT 1938
RAINSFORD, RALPH S		OCT 1917
RALPH, ALFRED J		AUG 1917
RALPH, ALFRED J		OCT 1917
RALPH, EDWARD J		MAY 1921
RALPH, EDWARD J		AUG 1921
RALPH, EDWARD J		DEC 1921
RALSTON, ORVILLE A		DEC 1917
RALSTON, ROY O	O-286976	AUG 1938
RAMAGE, EDWIN M	O-369706	JUN 1938
RAMAGE, HARVEY B		OCT 1917
RAMBO, WILKIE A	O-316588	OCT 1938
RAMEY, GEORGE E		NOV 1917
RAMEY, HOWARD K		OCT 1921
RAMEY, HOWARD K		MAR 1921
RAMEY, ROGER M		JUN 1938
RAMSAY, DAVID M		AUG 1938
RAMSAY, JOSEPH W		AUG 1917
RAMSDELL, GLENN L		NOV 1918
RAMSEY, JOHN P		OCT 1917
RAND, HORACE S JR		NOV 1918
RANDEL, HARVEY O		DEC 1917
RANDLE, THOMAS F		NOV 1917
RANDOLPH, JOHN P	O-369707	JUN 1938
RANKIN, CARLE A		DEC 1918
RANKIN, CHARLES A		DEC 1917
RANKIN, HERBERT B		DEC 1917
RANKIN, JOHN G		SEP 1917
RANKIN, WERNER R	O-931605	JAN 1946
RANNEY, GEORGE F	O-357356	NOV 1938
RANSOME, PERCY A		NOV 1917
RANTZ, SAMUEL H		DEC 1917
RAPP, ROBERT F		NOV 1918
RASHBAUM, PHILLIP	O-906357	JAN 1946
RASMUSSEN, MARTIN J		NOV 1918
RASMUSSON, GLEN R		DEC 1918
RASOR, WINCHELL I		JUNE 1921
RASOR, WINCHELL I		FEB 1921
RASOR, WINCHELL I		MAR 1921
RATCLIFFE, ROBERT T		AUG 1917
RAU, HAROLD J	O-357597	JUN 1938
RAWLINS, ALBERT W		DEC 1918
RAWLL, HERBERT F		NOV 1918
RAY, CLYDE A	6265853	SEP 1938
RAY, MARTIN H		DEC 1917
RAYBURN, ALLAN B		NOV 1918
RAYMER, JOHN C		NOV 1918
RAYMOND, JULIAN	1090177	NOV 1918
REAGAN, OLIVER E		NOV 1917
REARDAN, JOHN D		SEPT 1921
REARDAN, JOHN D		MAR 1921
REARDON, JOHN D		FEB 1921
REBADOW, CEDRIC A		DEC 1917
RECTOR, WILLIAM G		DEC 1917
REDD, LOCK W		JUL 1917
REDD, LOCK W		NOV 1917
REDDOCH, JOSEPH C JR		JULY 1938
REDFIELD, JOHN J		AUG 1921
REED, ALLEN W		JUN 1938
REED, ELLIOTT H	O-339283	JUN 1938
REED, ELLIOTT H	O-339283	OCT 1938
REED, HAROLD B		OCT 1917
REED, JAMES O	O-357598	JUN 1938
REED, JAMES O	O-357598	SEP 1938
REED, PODGE M	O-295672	JUN 1938
REED, WALTER J		OCT 1917
REED, WALTER J		NOV 1917
REED, WALTER J		SEPT 1921
REED, WALTER J		MAR 1921
REED, WALTER J		JUN 1938
REEL, GORDON		OCT 1917
REESE, GEORGE	O-440145	JAN 1946
REESE, LEWIS R P		AUG 1921
REESER, CHARLES E JR	O-283631	JAN 1941
REEVES, CHARLES H JR		SEP 1917
REEVES, DACHE M		APR 1921
REEVES, J S		OCT 1917
REEVES, JESSE S		SEP 1917
REGAN, J J JR		DEC 1917
REGAN, PAUL T		NOV 1918
REGISTER, HENRY B		OCT 1917
REICHARD, WILLIAM E		NOV 1918
REID, CHARLES A		SEP 1917
REID, EDWARD L		OCT 1938
REID, WALTER H		AUG 1938
REID, WILLIAM M	O-303164	JUN 1938
REID, WILLIAM M	O-303164	OCT 1938
REILLY, JOSEPH H		OCT 1917
REINBERG, GEORGE E A		NOV 1917
REINBERG, GEORGE E A		JAN 1921
REINBURG, GEORGE A		AUG 1917
REINBURG, GEORGE A		SEP 1917
REINBURG, GEORGE E A		NOV 1917
REINER, EDWARD P		DEC 1917
REISSAUS, CHARLES A	O-403360	MAR 1942
REMINGTON, PETER H		OCT 1938
REMY, CLAYTON L		NOV 1918
RENARD, GUSTAVE A		NOV 1918
RENDLE, IRVINE A	O-325950	JUN 1938
RENDLE, IRVINE A	O-325950	OCT 1938
RENDLE, IRVINE A	O-21576	MAR 1942
RENSHAW, HARRY N		JUN 1938
REPLOGLE, F O		DEC 1917
REPLOGLE, FEREL O		OCT 1917
RETH, JOHN W		OCT 1917
REUS, JOSEPH H	O-687962	JAN 1946
REYBURN, WILLIAM S		NOV 1917
REYNOLDS, BURTON R		NOV 1918
REYNOLDS, CLEARTON H		APR 1921
REYNOLDS, CLEARTON H		JULY 1921
REYNOLDS, ELBERT D		OCT 1938
REYNOLDS, GEORGE E		NOV 1918
REYNOLDS, JOHN M	O-20448	JAN 1941
REYNOLDS, JOHN N		JAN 1921
REYNOLDS, JOHN N		FEB 1921
REYNOLDS, THOMAS E		NOV 1918
RHINEHART, CLAUDE K		JUL 1917
RHOADS, ROBERT B		NOV 1917
RHODES, CARLYLE		OCT 1917
RHODES, CLAUDE A	O-819271	JAN 1946
RHODES, LEWIS B		DEC 1918
RHYMES, JAMES W		JULY 1938
RICE, CUSHMAN A		NOV 1917
RICE, CUSHMAN A		DEC 1917
RICE, FRANK G		AUG 1917
RICE, FRANK G		SEP 1917
RICE, GEORGE K		OCT 1917
RICE, HERBERT E		JUN 1938
RICE, JAMES E		OCT 1917
RICE, SAMUEL W		NOV 1918
RICE, THOMAS E P		OCT 1917
RICE, WILLIAM F		AUG 1917
RICH, ARNOLD H		SEPT 1921
RICH, ARNOLD H		JUN 1938
RICH, JAMES L		NOV 1918
RICHARDS, BLAINE E	O-767877	JAN 1946
RICHARDS, CHARLES W		NOV 1918
RICHARDS, ELDON Z		DEC 1918
RICHARDS, HARRISON H C		SEP 1917
RICHARDS, HARRISON H C		OCT 1917
RICHARDS, HARRISON H C		NOV 1938
RICHARDS, JUNIUS A		AUG 1917
RICHARDS, LAWRENCE H		OCT 1917
RICHARDS, WALTER E		AUG 1921
RICHARDSON, CLESSON W		NOV 1918
RICHARDSON, JAMES M		OCT 1917
RICHARDSON, JOHN M		NOV 1917
RICHARDSON, JOHN S		OCT 1917
RICHARDSON, JOHN S		NOV 1917
RICHARDSON, JOHN S		DEC 1917
RICHARDSON, LEON		JUL 1917
RICHARDSON, LEON		SEP 1917
RICHMAN, G RAYMOND		OCT 1917
RICHMAN, G RAYMOND		NOV 1917
RICHMAN, G RAYMOND		DEC 1917
RICHMOND, ARTHUR L		JUL 1917
RICHMOND, ARTHUR L		OCT 1917
RICHMOND, JACOB J		DEC 1918
RICHTER, JOHN P		AUG 1921
RICKLY, FREDERICK A		NOV 1918
RIDDLE, JOHN W		NOV 1918
RIDENOUR, CARLYLE H		AUG 1921
RIDINGS, DONALD E		OCT 1938
RIDLON, JOHN R		DEC 1917
RIGGS, EUGENE A		DEC 1917
RIHERD, MAURICE B		NOV 1918
RILEY, FRANK A		DEC 1917
RILEY, JOSEPH C		OCT 1917
RILEY, WILLIAM E		NOV 1918
RIMER, WILLIAM C		DEC 1918
RING, JOSEPH L		OCT 1917
RING, THOMAS M		OCT 1917
RIORDAN, JOHN E JR	O-770787	JAN 1946
RIPLEY, ROY S		SEP 1917
RIPPERGER, CLEMENT M		NOV 1918
RISHELL, EDWIN G		OCT 1917
RISON, WHITMELL T		OCT 1938
RITCHIE, WILLIAM C		AUG 1917
RITCHIE, WILLIAM L		JULY 1938
RITTMANN, WILLIAM F		OCT 1918
RIVARD, FRANCIS L		AUG 1938
ROB, HAMPTON		NOV 1917
ROBB, HAMPTON		DEC 1917
ROBBINS, CHARLES L		SEP 1938
ROBBINS, CHARLES L	O-20619	MAR 1942
ROBBINS, EDWARD M		AUG 1921
ROBBINS, EDWARD M		FEB 1921
ROBBINS, FRANKLIN		JUL 1917
ROBBINS, HUNTER S		SEP 1917
ROBBINS, L R		DEC 1917
ROBBINS, OLIVER K		OCT 1938
ROBBINS, WILLIAM		NOV 1918
ROBBINS, WILLIAM D		DEC 1917
ROBEDEE, WALTER E		NOV 1918
ROBERSON, GEORGE O		OCT 1921
ROBERSON, GEORGE O		MAR 1921
ROBERTS, C T		DEC 1917
ROBERTS, CHARLES S		OCT 1917
ROBERTS, E HOWARD		DEC 1917
ROBERTS, GEORGE D		NOV 1918
ROBERTS, GRAHAM		SEP 1917
ROBERTS, IRVING T		NOV 1918
ROBERTS, IRVING T		DEC 1918
ROBERTS, J SLOAN		SEP 1917
ROBERTS, J SLOAN		OCT 1917
ROBERTS, JACK		JUN 1938
ROBERTS, JAMES E	O-311871	JULY 1938
ROBERTS, JAMES J JR		OCT 1938
ROBERTS, JOHN A JR	O-371949	OCT 1938
ROBERTS, LLOYD S		DEC 1918
ROBERTS, WILLIAM H		AUG 1917
ROBERTS, WILLIAM P	O-704613	JAN 1946
ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER R		OCT 1917
ROBERTSON, BENJAMIN S JR		AUG 1917
ROBERTSON, BENJAMIN S JR		SEP 1917
ROBERTSON, BENJAMIN S JR		OCT 1917
ROBERTSON, BENJAMIN S JR		NOV 1917
ROBERTSON, GEORGE H		OCT 1917
ROBERTSON, GEORGE O		DEC 1918
ROBERTSON, GEORGE R		SEP 1917
ROBERTSON, HARRY		SEP 1917
ROBERTSON, JAMES		NOV 1918
ROBERTSON, JOHN D		DEC 1921
ROBERTSON, WENDELL A		NOV 1917
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM A		AUG 1917
ROBEY, ALBERT A		SEP 1917
ROBINS, AUGUSTINE W		SEP 1917
ROBINS, AUGUSTINE W		NOV 1917
ROBINS, AUGUSTINE W		AUG 1921
ROBINSON, CHARLES M		MAY 1938
ROBINSON, CHARLES M		JAN 1941
ROBINSON, EDWARD A		SEP 1917
ROBINSON, FLOYD I	O-24769	JAN 1946
ROBINSON, GERALD G	O-371866	OCT 1938
ROBINSON, GEROID		OCT 1917
ROBINSON, HARRY J JR		OCT 1917
ROBINSON, ROBERT W		JAN 1941
ROBINSON, ROY		DEC 1917
ROBINSON, THOMAS A		NOV 1918
ROBLEE, NORMAN M		DEC 1917
ROBNETT, E V JR		OCT 1938
ROBSON, LYNN H	6550226	AUG 1938
ROCHESTER, J CALDWELL		OCT 1917
ROCKEY, CHARLES S		NOV 1918
ROCKEY, GUY H	O-371867	OCT 1938
ROCKEY, JOHN W	O-288155	JAN 1941
ROCKWELL, JAMES W		NOV 1917
ROCKWELL, LAWRENCE D		JUL 1917
ROCKWELL, VERNE L		SEP 1917
RODDY, NORMAN L		DEC 1918
RODECK, HUGO G	O-923836	JAN 1946
RODGERS, GLENN P		NOV 1917
RODIECK, LEONARD H		JUN 1936
RODIECK, LEONARD H		SEP 1936
RODIECK, LEONARD H		OCT 1936
RODIECK, LEONARD H		FEB 1936
RODIECK, LEONARD H		MAR 1936
RODIECK, LEONARD H		JUN 1937
RODIECK, LEONARD H		JUL 1937
RODIECK, LEONARD H		AUG 1937
RODIECK, LEONARD H		NOV 1937
RODIECK, LEONARD H		JUN 1938
RODIECK, LEONARD H		JULY 1938
RODIECK, LEONARD H		AUG 1938
RODIECK, LEONARD H		SEP 1938
RODIECK, RALPH W	O-326152	JUN 1938
RODIECK, RALPH W	O-326152	SEP 1938
ROEM, L F		DEC 1917
ROGAL, EDWARD		DEC 1917
ROGAN, JAMES S		SEP 1917
ROGERS, ARTHUR H		OCT 1938
ROGERS, CRAVEN C		OCT 1938
ROGERS, CRAVEN C	O-21539	MAR 1942
ROGERS, ELMER J JR	O-16622	JAN 1941
ROGERS, FRANCIS F JR	O-573154	JAN 1946
ROGERS, JOHN W		NOV 1917
ROGERS, KENNETH A		OCT 1938
ROGERS, KENNETH A		NOV 1938
ROGERS, OSCAR L		NOV 1918
ROGERS, OSCAR L		OCT 1938
ROGERS, RALPH H		SEP 1917
ROGERS, ROBERT S		DEC 1918
ROGNER, HARRIS E		JULY 1938
ROHRBACH, WILLIAM W		OCT 1917
ROHRBOUGH, LEONARD M		OCT 1938
ROHRER, FRANCIS S		DEC 1918
ROMAN, OSCAR		NOV 1917
ROMAN, WALTER JR		NOV 1917
ROMAN, WALTER JR		DEC 1917
ROMIG, EUGENE A	O-21856	MAR 1942
ROOK, FRANCIS K		OCT 1917
ROOKS, ANDREW J		AUG 1917
ROONEY, FRANCIS L		DEC 1918
ROOSEVELT, QUENTIN		JUL 1917
ROOT, WILLARD G		SEP 1938
RORISON, HARMON C		DEC 1917
ROSCOE, DAVID L		AUG 1917
ROSCOE, DAVID L		SEP 1917
ROSCOE, DAVID L		OCT 1917
ROSE, BERNARD C	O-268348	DEC 1938
ROSE, ELMER P		JUN 1938
ROSE, HUDSON M	O-731330	JAN 1946
ROSE, JOHN T		OCT 1917
ROSS, FRANK K		SEP 1917
ROSS, FRANK K		NOV 1917
ROSS, GLENN S		NOV 1918
ROSS, ROBERT		NOV 1917
ROSS, THEODORE	O-906887	JAN 1946
ROSSELL, JOHN E		AUG 1917
ROSSELL, JOHN E		OCT 1917
ROTAN, GEORGE V		NOV 1917
ROTH, ANTHONY E	O-876168	JAN 1946
ROTH, ROBERT A	O-868834	JAN 1946
ROTH, WILLIAM		NOV 1918
ROTHROCK, JAMES H	O-253574	NOV 1938
ROTTENBERG, ALFRED L	O-1636569	JAN 1946
ROULLOT, JOHN P		AUG 1917
ROUP, GLEN M		DEC 1918
ROUSE, FRANK E		OCT 1938
ROUSE, HAROLD F		FEB 1921
ROUSE, HAROLD F		APR 1921
ROVE, LOUIS C		NOV 1918
ROWE, HAROLD		NOV 1917
ROWE, RALPH S		OCT 1917
ROWE, RALPH S		NOV 1917
ROY, DUNBAR		SEP 1917
ROYCE, RALPH		JUL 1917
ROYCE, RALPH		NOV 1918
RUBNER, MICHAEL M		NOV 1917
RUBY, ORVILLE W		NOV 1918
RUDD, CHARLES M		NOV 1918
RUDOLPH, JACOB H		SEP 1917
RUDOLPH, JACOB H		APR 1921
RUESTOW, PAUL E		AUG 1938
RUESTOW, PAUL E		OCT 1938
RUETER, CHRIS H W		OCT 1938
RUGGLES, FRANCIS W		APR 1921
RULKOETTER, ROBERT W		JULY 1938
RUMMELL, LESLIE J		OCT 1917
RUMSEY, DEXTER C		JUL 1917
RUMSEY, DEXTER C		OCT 1917
RUNDQUIST, ELMER T		JULY 1938
RUPP, GEORGE W		SEP 1917
RUSH, HUGO P		JUN 1938
RUSH, RICHARD F	O-369708	JUN 1938
RUSSELL, CLINTON W		JUL 1917
RUSSELL, CLINTON W		AUG 1917
RUSSELL, CLINTON W		SEP 1917
RUSSELL, CLINTON W		OCT 1917
RUSSELL, CLINTON W		DEC 1938
RUSSELL, EDWIN A		JULY 1921
RUSSELL, GABRIEL C		JULY 1938
RUSSELL, HAMILTON H		NOV 1918
RUSSELL, HOWARD W	6660173	SEP 1938
RUSSELL, JOSEPH G		JUN 1938
RUSSELL, JOSEPH G		AUG 1938
RUSSELL, JOSEPH G		SEP 1938
RUSSELL, JOSEPH G		NOV 1938
RUSSELL, MAURICE S		NOV 1918
RUSSELL, WILLIAM M		SEP 1917
RUSSELL, WILLIS I	O-778959	JAN 1946
RUST, CHARLES E		DEC 1917
RUST, CHARLES E		MAY 1921
RUST, FRANCIS H		NOV 1918
RUST, WILLIAM S	O-355833	JUN 1938
RUTHERFORD, ALVORD		SEP 1938
RUTHERFORD, ALVORD	O-20668	MAR 1942
RUTLEDGE, JAY D JR		AUG 1938
RYAN, ASA W		NOV 1918
RYAN, CLENDENIN J		JUL 1917
RYAN, CLENDENIN J		AUG 1917
RYAN, HERBERT W		NOV 1917
RYAN, HERBERT W	O-130427	JAN 1946
RYAN, JOHN		DEC 1917
RYAN, JOHN D		JULY 1938
RYAN, WILLIAM O		SEP 1917
RYAN, WILLIAM O		SEP 1938
RYDER, ROBERT W		OCT 1938