James C. Childers

World War II
Service #19087860
Unit66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathDecember 22 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes
TSGT Childers remains have been recovered and interred at a private cemetery in California. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands 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.