Richard G. Sowell

World War II
Service #34546808
Unit295th Joint Assault Signal Company
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service From Florida
Date of DeathJuly 7 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
5
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Sowell were accounted for in 2017, and 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.