Rank and Name, Private Fortunato Arbas.
Unit/Placed in, 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts.
Fortunato is born in approx. on 1919 in the Philippines.
Parents and Siblings no record available.
Fortunato enlisted the service in the Philippines with service number # 10302824.
Fortunato was KIA defending Philippine soil against the Japanese on Feb. 6, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Fortunato is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
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,
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
