Wing O. Hom

World War II
Service #31302398
Unit7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
RankPrivate U.S. Army
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of DeathFebruary 3 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private Wing O. Hom were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Sicily-Rome 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.