Rank and Name, Chief Machinist Mate Carl Harry Arvidson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battleship, United States Navy.
Carl is born approx. on 31 March, 1899 in Karlstad, Sweden.
Father, Gustave Arvidson.
Mother, Emelia Arvidson.
Parents born in Sweden.
Spouse, Corrine B. (Alexander) Arvidson.
Carl enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 2992054.
Carl was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, 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.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Carl is also mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, VS.
Thanks to, https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/ussarizonacasualties.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
