Richard T. Heuss | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-736519
Unit	64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Michigan
Date of Death	November 20 1943
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Notes

1LT Heuss remains have been recovered and identified in 2009. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

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.