James C. Childers | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	19087860
Unit	66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	California
Date of Death	December 22 1943
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Notes

TSGT Childers remains have been recovered and interred at a private cemetery in California. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

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.