Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant William Lee Arnett.
Unit/Placed in, Marine Fighting Squadron 122 (Leathernecks) (VMF-122), United States Marine Corps.
William is born approx. on Aug. 22, 1924 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
Father, William Arnett.
Mother, Catherine Arnett.
Sister(s), Betty J. and Virginia Arnett.
Brother(s), James R. Arnett.
William enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 0-039202.
William was KIA at Babelthuap, Peleliu during the Dogfights with the Japanese on Aug. 5, 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal with Gold Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Good Conduct Medal, Marine Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMFA-122#World_War_II
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
