Ernest B. Polonio | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	0-707182
Unit	23rd Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Illinois
Date of Death	July 4 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

23rd Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart.

Notes

1LT Polonio's remains have been recovered and identified.

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.