Rank and Name, Chief Water Tender Arthur Andrew Asling.
Unit/Placed in, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Arthur is born approx. on 1910 in Missouri.
Spouse, Gertrude S. Asling.
Daughter, Mary Lou Asling.
Arthur enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 3416751.
Arthur was KIA during the Battle for Iwo Jima when the USS Bismarck Sea Sunk true two Kamikaze hits on Feb. 21, 1945, 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.
Arthur is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Arthur also has a Memorial Grave at Louisburg Cemetery
Louisburg, Miami County, Kansas, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/095.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/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
