Herbert W. Harms

World War II
Service #19073450
Unit569th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathAugust 16 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
569th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Staff Sgt. Herbert W. Harms were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Henri-Chapelle 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.