Rank and Name, Sergeant Oscar Arnold.
Unit/Placed in, Assigned to, 65th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy.
Oscar is born approx. on 1914 in Alabama.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Oscar enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 34197772.
Oscar ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a C-47 were,
1st Lt. Harold R. McMillan Pilot
2nd Lt. Clarence H. Lindquist Co Pilot
1st Lt. Robert. Marpet Navigator
Corp. George R. Powell Engineer
T/Sgt. George G. Sullivan Radio Operator
Capt. Edward D. Hurst Passenger
Pfc. Sylvester J. Raba Passenger
2nd Lt. Horace V. Perty Passenger
T/Sgt. Judd N. Vicksok Passenger
Pfc. Albert P. Herbst Passenger
Sgt. John F. Stucky Passenger
Sgt. Oscar Arnold Passenger
S/Sgt. Howard E. Burlew Passenger
S/Sgt. Bert J. Shelata Passenger
T/Sgt. John F. Lisowski Passenger
S/Sgt. John A. Moore Passenger
S/Sgt. Kendric L. Johnson Passenger
S/Sgt. Henry C. Ousley Sr. Passenger
Pfc. Conrad W. Andrews Passenger
Oscar died on an Operational Mission to Peleliu (probably crashed during a storm) on 23 February, 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Oscar is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
The MACR of the Crew and first 5 Passengers was very dark, so names could be wrong.
