Irving R. Newman

World War II
Service #19062352
Unit343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathMay 6 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Sergeant Irving R. Newman were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Sicily-Rome 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.