Francis J. Pitonyak

World War II
Service #0-661372
Unit36th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathOctober 28 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

His remains have been recovered and identified, but his name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at 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.