Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Alfred Leston Arnold III.
Unit/Placed in, 82nd Bomber Squadron, 12th Bomber Group, Medium.
Alfred is born approx. on Dec. 20, 1922 in Owosso, Michigan.
Father, A. L. Arnold.
Alfred enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # O-674541.
Alfred ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,
1st Lt. Alfred L. Arnold Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald E. Romdall Co Pilot
2nd Lt. William W. White Bombardier/Navigator
Sgt. John J. Mahan Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. John J. Moniuszko Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold G. Jones Gunner
Pvt. Kenneth H. Seidel Gunner
Alfred died in an accident after Take-Off (plane blew up) on May 7, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alfred 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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
