Richard M. Dawson | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	13017629
Unit	5307th Composite Unit
Rank	Private First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Virginia
Date of Death	May 23 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

5307th Composite Unit

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

Bronze Star, Purple Heart. His remains have been recovered and identified on April 13, 2009.

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.