Ralph D. Kolb

World War II
Service #18166531
Unit343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Arkansas
Date of DeathAugust 1 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Staff Sergeant Ralph D. Kolb were accounted for in 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Florence 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.