Robert E. Howard | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	37664605
Unit	450th Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Iowa
Date of Death	April 16 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

450th Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Notes

SSGT Howard's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery. His remains were recovered and identified in 2014.

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.