Rank and Name, Sergeant Arthur Armstrong.
Unit/Placed in, Marine Fighting Squadron 451 (VMF-451), United States Marine Corps.
Arthur is born approx. on 1923 in Boonton, New Jersey.
Father, Arthur C. Armstrong.
Mother, Violet Armstrong.
Parents born in England.
Sister, Joan C. Armstrong.
Arthur enlisted the service in New York with service number # 502227.
Arthur was KIA on his mission to Okinawa on May 11, 1945, 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.
Arthur is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/17.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
