Joel D. Zabel | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	0-425054
Unit	41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Colorado
Date of Death	December 9 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group

Purple Heart

Purple Heart - Remains recovered

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.