Myles W. Esmay

World War II
Service #O-491925
Unit236th Engineer Combat Battalion
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathJune 7 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of First Lieutenant Myles W. Esmay were accounted for in 2021. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Manila American Cemetery.

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.