Rufus B. Stephens

World War II
Service #O-795501
Unit791st Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Georgia
Date of DeathMay 29 1944
StatusRecovered
Initially Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Plot2
C
Row2
30
Grave2
9
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart. 1LT Stephens was listed as Missing in Action. His remains have been recovered and buried in Plot C, Row 30, Grave 9 at the Ardennes American Cemetery. 1LT Stephens' name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

Notes
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.