Robert D. Roosa

World War II
Service #35532555
Unit344th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Ohio
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Notes

His remains were recovered and then returned to the United States on May 8, 1957. His name remains permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Florence 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.