Walter Nies

World War II
Service #37307545
Unit96h Bomber Squadron, 2nd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From South Dakota
Date of DeathMay 28 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Notes

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