Archie T. Ketchum

World War II
Service #34855385
Unit175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
RankPrivate U.S. Army
Entered Service From North Carolina
Date of DeathOctober 13 1944
StatusRecovered
Initially Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Plot2
A
Row2
7
Grave2
21
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart.
Notes

Initially listed as missing in action, the remains of PVT Ketchum have been recovered and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Holland.

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.