Gerald Homer Pirtle | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	3422560
Rank	Fireman First Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	Kansas
Date of Death	December 7 1941
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 1 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Purple Heart

Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Fireman 1st Class Gerald H. Pirtle were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

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.