Howard Warren Bean

World War II
Service #2017360
RankRadioman Third Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of DeathDecember 7 1941
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
5
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

His remains have been recovered and identified, but his name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.