Rank and Name, Private First Class John William Arnold.
Unit/Placed in, 103rd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division “winged Victory”..
John is born approx. on 5 November, 1924 in Freemont County, Colorado.
Father, Fleet F. Arnold.
Mother, Grace A. (Jackson) Arnold.
John enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 37364694.
John was KIA in the fights with the Japanese over Hill 803 near the Ipo Dam on 15 May, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, http://www.43rd-infantry-division.org/
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
