The American Battle Monuments Commission placed 19 rosettes in August for service members whose identifications were announced by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. When a service member has been identified, DPAA releases full details on their recovery after their families have been briefed.

When a missing service member is recovered, identified and finally laid to rest, ABMC places a rosette beside their name on the Walls of the Missing at the cemetery where they are memorialized. This rosette, a symbol of eternity, is crafted as a bronze rosemary wreath—a timeless emblem of honor and victory. Encircled by the eight-points of a compass, it signifies America’s commitment, reaching out in all directions to recover their remains from the farthest corners of the earth.

U.S. Army Pfc. Lawrence R. Beard, 27, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for June 26. Beard was a member of Headquarters Company, 803rd Engineer Battalion (Aviation) in the Philippines.

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Joseph L. Burke, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 10. Burke was assigned to Battery F, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment, on the Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippines.

U.S. Army Pfc. Claude A. Dewberry, 29, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 11. Dewberry was assigned to Medical Detachment, 194th Tank Battalion on the Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippines.

U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. j.g. Ralph C. Dupont, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 10. Dupont was assigned to the Fighting Squadron 36 and Fighting Squadron 18, USS Intrepid, in the Pacific Theater.

U.S. Army Pfc. St. Clair M. Gibson, 30, missing in action during World War II, was accounted for May 7. Gibson was assigned Company F, 2nd Battalion, 371st Infantry Regiment, 92d Infantry Division.

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Howard A. Holding, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 10. Holding was assigned Fighting Squadron Twenty, USS Enterprise.

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Dwight M. Holmes, 27, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 24. Holmes was assigned to 30th Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group, V Bomber Command on the Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippines.

U.S. Army Pvt. Kenneth L. Kramer, 20, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for June 30. Kramer was a member of 19th Air Base Squadron, 20th Air Base Group in the Philippines.

U.S. Army Pvt. Alfred T. Langevin, 29, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 30. Langevin was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.

U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. John M. Larkins, 26, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 13. Larkins was assigned to the 678th Bombardment Squadron, 444th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), Bomber Command.

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Delbert L. Martin, 23, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 18. Martin was assigned to Fighting Squadron 12, USS Randolph.

U.S. Army Tech Sgt. Thomas O. Moss, 31, of Brim, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 6, 2024. Moss was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Edgar R. Norcross, 18, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 12. Norcross was assigned to Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron, 232 Marine Air Group 45, 4th Marine Air Wing, Air Defense Command, on Ulithi in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Woody T. Owen, 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 30. Owen was assigned to 16th Bombardment Squadron, 27th Bombardment Group on the Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippines.

U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. James G. Pirtle, 31, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 8. Pirtle served as the tail gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 858th Bombardment Squadron, 492nd Bombardment Group, Eighth U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Gustave Secunda, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 30, 2025. Secunda was the radio operator on a B-17G “Flying Fortress” bomber, assigned to 710th Bombardment Squadron, 447th Bombardment Group.

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Morton Sher, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 11. Sher was a fighter pilot assigned to 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force.

U.S. Army Pvt. Ira Warren, 26, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for June 11. Warren was a member of Headquarters Company, 194th Tank Battalion, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands.

U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. Bennett H. Waters, 26, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 18. Waters was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Squadron, 27th Bombardment Group on the Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippines.