Ira R. Rote | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	37329165
Unit	23rd Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Colorado
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 with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.

Notes

TSGT Rote'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.