William J. McGowan

World War II
Service #O-701125
Unit391st Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Minnesota
Date of DeathJune 6 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Plot
J
Row
21
Grave
35
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Second Lieutenant William J. McGowan were accounted for in 2019. His name is permanently inscribed on the "Tablets of the Missing” at the Normandy American Cemetery.

Second Lieutenant McGowan was permanently interred at Normandy American Cemetery on July 9, 2022.

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.