Rank and Name, Corporal Robert James Arnold.
Unit/Placed in, 240th Engineer Construction Battalion.
Robert is born approx. on 2 Aug. 1923 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Father, Robert B. Arnold.
Mother, Beulah (Greer) Arnold.
Robert enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 37345966.
Robert was KIA when the USS LST-749 he was with on transport was attacked by a Kamikaze on 21 Dec. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160749.htm
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14073
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
