Arnott, Charles Herbert

Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Charles Herbert Arnott.

Unit/Placed in, USS Monssen (DD-436) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Charles is born approx. on 10 September, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Father, Thomas Arnott.

Mother, Mary Arnott.

Sister(s), Mary E. and Virginia R. Arnott.

Brother(s), Thomas E. John E. George E. and Willard Arnott.

Charles enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2020803.

Charles was KIA when the USS Monssen was hit by many Shells from the Japanese Navy during the Battle at Guadalcanal (Navy Battle of Savo) on Nov. 13, 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/436.htm

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