Albert Acampora | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	21330533
Unit	716th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Connecticut
Date of Death	February 28 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery Florence American Cemetery Via Cassia S.N. 50023 Tavarnuzze (Firenze) Italy

716th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Purple Heart, Air Medal

Notes

Staff Sgt. Acampora was initially listed as missing in action. After the war, his remains were recovered and Identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery.

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.