Nathan B. Baskind

World War II
Service #O-1821810
Unit899th Tank Destroyer Battalion
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathJune 23 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of First Lieutenant Nathan B. Baskind were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Normandy American 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.