John H. Harris

World War II
Service #O-688974
Unit732nd Bomber Squadron, 453rd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From North Carolina
Date of DeathApril 8 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
732nd Bomber Squadron, 453rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Second Lieutenant John H. Harris were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Netherlands 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.