Stanley Pilch Jr. | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	35316138
Unit	66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Ohio
Date of Death	December 22 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy

Notes

Initially listed as missing in action or non recoverable, SSGT Pilch's remains were recovered and interred at Arlington National Cemetery. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands 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.