John H. Canty

World War II
Service #11072858
Unit555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Connecticut
Date of DeathJune 22 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Staff Sgt. John H. Canty were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

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.