Arthur C. Armacost III

World War II
Service #0-801750
Unit63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Ohio
Date of DeathJanuary 15 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.

Notes

2LT Armacost's remains were recovered and interred at Arlington National Cemetery. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

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.