Bunnell, George H.

UNKNOWN - 1942

• Name	Bunnell, George H.
  Birth	UNKNOWN
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BUNN.G002
  _FGRAVE	56769774
  Military Service	World War II, Corporal, United States Army Air Forces  [1, 2]
  	Service# 16027625 Corporal. Missing in Action and presumed dead on July 1, 1942. Awarded The Purple Heart posthumously and entitled to The American Defense Service Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Memorialized at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Honored also at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source:https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900449
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Corporal, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Bunnell, George H. (?-1942)
  		World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
  Death	1 Jul 1942  [3, 4]
  	Cause: Missing in Action, Presumed Dead
  Burial	Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines   [4]
  	Wall's Of The Missing
  		Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
  		Memorial, Walls of the Missing, Bunnell, George H.
  		Memorial, Walls of the Missing, Bunnell, George H.
  		American Battle Monuments Commission - Manila American Cemetery Also known as Fort William McKinley Cemetery The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines occupies 152 acres on a prominent plateau, visible at a distance from the east, south and west. It contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II, a total of 16,859, most of whom lost their lives in operations…
  Person ID	I42969	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	15 May 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14699] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, George H. Bunnell, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900449) (Reliability: 2). [S14681] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files, CPL George H. Bunnell, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_wardept.aspx?honoreeID=1040599) (Reliability: 2). [S3051] https://www.findagrave.com, Memorial, Walls of the Missing, Bunnell, George H., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56769774/george-h-bunnell), none. (Reliability: 2).