Joe R. Sanchez

World War II
Service #39290993
Unit575th Bomber Squadron, 391st Bomber Group, Medium
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathDecember 23 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. His remains have been recovered and identified on September 2, 2010.
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.