David Meserow

World War II
Service #O-732880
Unit555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathJune 22 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart -
Notes
1LT Meserow was originally listed as missing in action or non-recoverable. His name was permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Later, his remains were recovered, identified and interred at Arlington National 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.