John D. Rood | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	513623
Rank	Corporal U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service From	Pennsylvania
Date of Death	May 30 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

Purple Heart

Notes

Cpl. Rood was killed in an aircraft crash during combat operations on May 30, 1945. Initially listed as Missing in Action, the aircraft wreck was located after the war and his remains were recovered. The air crew was interred in a group burial in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Co. His name is permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

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.