Charles L. Spiegel

World War II
Service #36740132
Unit644th Bomber Squadron, 410th Bomber Group, Light
RankSergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathDecember 13 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

In August 2005, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the remains of an Unknown Soldier buried in Plot C Row 5 Grave 58 at Ardennes American Cemetery with the belief that an identification could be made. DNA analysis and historical evidence were used to positively identify the remains as belonging to Sgt. Charles L. Spiegel, who served with the 644th Bomber Squadron, 410th Bomber Group, Light and lost his life on December 13, 1945. He is now interred at Arlington National Cemetery, but his name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Lorraine 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.