Walter H. Backman | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	3285369
Rank	Radioman Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	North Dakota
Date of Death	December 7 1941
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 5 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Purple Heart

Notes

Navy Radioman 2nd Class Walter H. Backman’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in 2017. His name is permanently engraved in the World War II “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu 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.