Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Jaspar Arabie.
Unit/Placed in, USS Johnston (DE-557) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Jasper is born approx. on 1926 in Louisiana.
Father, Armond Arabie.
Mother, Marie Arabie.
Sister(s), Agnes Arabie.
Brother(s), Joseph, John, Jessie and Julius Arabie.
Jasper enlisted the service in Louisiana with service number # 2751270.
Jasper was KIA when the USS Johnston sunk in the Battle off Samar, on Oct 25, 1944, 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.
Jasper is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussjohnston/
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
