Quentin John Gifford

World War II
Service #3285366
RankRadioman Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Minnesota
Date of DeathDecember 7 1941
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Navy Radioman 2nd Class Quentin J Gifford’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.

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.