Donald W. Hess

World War II
Service #O-814314
Unit578th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Iowa
Date of DeathApril 29 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart -
Notes
2LT Hess' remains have been recovered and identified in 2007. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and 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.