James Rufus Buchanan | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	4120807
Unit	United States Naval Reserve
Rank	Machinist's Mate Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	California
Date of Death	December 7 1941
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 5 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

United States Naval Reserve

Purple Heart

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.