Armstrong, Arthur John

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Arthur John Armstrong.

Unit/Placed in, USS Enterprise (CV-6) Carrier, United States Navy.

Arthur is born approx. on 1923 in New York.

Father, Carl Armstrong.

Mother, Venilla Armstrong.

Sister(s), Marjorie Armstrong.

Brother(s), Carl R. and David Armstrong.

Arthur enlisted the service in New York with service number # 6000486.

Arthur was KIA when the USS Enterprise was guarding mission when she was hit by three bombs during the Battle off Eastern Solomon’s on Aug. 24, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Arthur is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.cv6.org/company/muster/casualty.asp?s=19420824&e=19420825

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org