John Holoka Jr.

World War II
Service #7020757
Unit844th Bomber Squadron, 489th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathJune 22 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Technical Sergeant John Holoka, Jr. were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at Cambridge 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.