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Arnold, Robert James

Rank and Name, Corporal Robert James Arnold.

Unit/Placed in, 240th Engineer Construction Battalion.

 

Robert is born approx. on 2 Aug. 1923 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Father, Robert B. Arnold.

Mother, Beulah (Greer) Arnold.

 

Robert enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 37345966.

 

Robert was KIA when the USS LST-749 he was with on transport was attacked by a Kamikaze on 21 Dec. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160749.htm

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14073

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

USS LST-749 (Landing Tank Ship)
Blue-Print
His rank Corporal