Robert L. A. Hurst

World War II
Service #14057738
Unit429th Signal Company, Aviation
RankPrivate U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Florida
Date of DeathJuly 27 1942
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private Robert L.A. Hurst were accounted for in 2023. 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.