Alvin R. Scarborough

World War II
Service #7009322
Unit454th Ordnance Company, Aviation
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Mississippi
Date of DeathJuly 28 1942
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Staff Sergeant Alvin R. Scarborough were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the 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.