James F. Gatlin Jr.

World War II
Service #O-685331
Unit575th Bomber Squadron, 391st Bomber Group, Medium
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Florida
Date of DeathDecember 24 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
575th Bomber Squadron, 391st Bomber Group, Medium
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes

1LT Gatlin's remains have been recovered and identified in 2015. His name is permanent inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

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.