Philip Y. Bombenek

World War II
Service #0-354308
Unit23rd Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankCaptain U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Michigan
Date of DeathJuly 4 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
Notes

CAPT Bombenek's 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.