Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Leo George Arsenault.
Unit/Placed in, USS Monssen (DD-436) Destroyer, United States Navy.
Leo is born approx. on 1921 in Massachusetts.
Father, Joseph Arsenault.
Mother, Mary Arsenault.
Sister(s), Rita, Mae and Viola Arsenault.
Brother(s), Melvin, Nelson and Edward Arsenault.
Leo enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2020850.
Leo was KIA when the ship sunk true fire from the Shore, during the Battle of Guadalcanal, 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.
Leo 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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
