William B. Simpson | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	T-002389
Unit	424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Flight Officer U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	North Carolina
Date of Death	September 1 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart. His remains have been recovered and identified on February 12, 2009.

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.