Ralph H. Bode

World War II
Service #16117549
Unit700th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Wisconsin
Date of DeathSeptember 28 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Staff Sergeant Ralph H. Bode were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Luxembourg American Cemetery.

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.