Robert L. Cotey | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	17121422
Unit	856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Missouri
Date of Death	July 7 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery 159, rue du Mémorial Américain 4852 Hombourg Belgium

856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.

Notes

Staff Sergeant Cotey's remains were recovered. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Henri-Chapelle 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.