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Arvan, Herbert Joseph

Rank and Name, Mess Attendant Second Class Herbert Joseph Arvan.

Unit/Placed in, USS Grunion (SS-216) Submarine, United States Navy.

 

Herbert is born approx. on 1 May, 1924 in Louisiana.

Father, Delton J. Arvan.

Mother, Leona Arvan.

Brother(s), Fulton Arvan.

 

Herbert enlisted the service in Louisiana with service number # 6441053.

 

Herbert was KIA when the Sub was attacked by the armed Japanese Freighter Kano Maru near the Harbor Entrance from Kiska on July 30, 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.

 

Herbert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/45a.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

Website,

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

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

USS Grunion (SS-216) Submarine
Memorial
Japanese armed freighter Kano Maru
USS-Grunion-Location
His rank Mess attendant 2 Class