Richard C. Vorel

World War II
Service #801893
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathMay 30 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Staff Sgt. Vorel 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.

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.