Robert J. Palenscar

World War II
Service #O-660187
Unit60th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathMarch 29 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
Notes
1LT Palenscar's remains have been recovered and interred at Arlington National Cemetery. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial.
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.