August F. Bauer Jr. | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-706504
Unit	498th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	New Jersey
Date of Death	January 9 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

498th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, 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.