James M. Triplett

World War II
Service #39202130
Unit700th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Washington
Date of DeathSeptember 28 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
700th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Technical Sergeant James M. Triplett were accounted for in 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Luxembourg 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.