Arnett Jr. , Otis John

Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Otis John Arnett Jr.

Unit/Placed in, USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Otis is born approx. on Nov. 18, 1922 in Screven County, Georgia.

Father, Otis John Arnette.

Otis enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 2688114.

Otis was KIA when the USS Juneau was hit and sunk by the Japanese Submarine I-26 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13, 1942, 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.

Otis 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 Buck Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/052/04052.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/