Alton Walter Whitson | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	3857403
Rank	Electrician's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	Washington
Date of Death	December 7 1941
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 2 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Purple Heart

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.