Robert L. Mains

World War II
Service #O-680467
Unit714th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathApril 4 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
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 1st Lt. Robert L. Mains were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Netherlands 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.