Richard J. Kasten

World War II
Service #O-683831
Unit68th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Michigan
Date of DeathJanuary 21 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 First Lieutenant Richard J. Kasten were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Normandy 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.