William W. Shank | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-740289
Unit	338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Virginia
Date of Death	November 13 1943
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Madingley Road Coton CB23 7PH Cambridge United Kingdom

338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 1st Lt. William W. Shank were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at Cambridge American Cemetery.

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.