Willard R. Best | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	36478227
Unit	407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Illinois
Date of Death	August 24 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery 159, rue du Mémorial Américain 4852 Hombourg Belgium

407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Notes

Initially listed missing in action, Staff Sergeant Best's remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

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.