Stanley J. Samoski

World War II
Service #O-732666
Unit344th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From New Hampshire
Date of DeathAugust 1 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Second Lieutenant Stanley J. Samoski were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the North Africa 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.