William B. Simpson

World War II
Service #T-002389
Unit424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankFlight Officer U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From North Carolina
Date of DeathSeptember 1 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart. His remains have been recovered and identified on February 12, 2009.
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.