Cletus J. Thomas

World War II
Service #O-820648
Unit341st Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Alabama
Date of DeathDecember 8 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

2nd Lt. Thomas was initially listed as Missing in Action with Dec. 9, 1945 as an Administrative Date of Death. Following the war, his remains were recovered and repatriated to the U.S. for burial. His name is permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila 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.