Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Walter Dean Arment.
Unit/Placed in, S.S. Jean Nicolet Liberty Ship (former Cargo) .
Walter is born approx. on Aug. 12, 1925 in Knox City, Missouri.
Mother, Lizzie (Bell) Arment.
Walter enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 3130973.
Walter was KIA When the SS Jean Nicolet was Torpedoed by the Japanese Submarine I-8 on July 2, 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.
Walter is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Knox City Cemetery, Knox City, Knox County, Missouri, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16015
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
