John H. Schoonover

World War II
Service #3280249
RankPharmacist's Mate First Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathDecember 7 1941
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
1
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Petty Officer Schoonover were accounted for in 2017. His name remains permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

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.