Vernal J. Bird

World War II
Service #0-750321
Unit13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group, Light
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Utah
Date of DeathApril 5 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes
2LT Bird's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. His remains have been recovered and identified.
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.