Edwin F. Wummer

World War II
Service #13125117
Unit21st Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group
RankSergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathJune 22 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Notes

Sgt. Wummer was initially listed as Missing in Action. Following the war, his remains were recovered. He is interred in a group burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. His name is permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila 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.