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Last Rank
Sergeant
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Last Service Branch
Infantry
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Last Primary MOS
604-Light Machine Gunner
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Last MOS Group
Infantry (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1941-1945, 604, 24th Infantry Division
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Service Years
1941 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
West Virginia | |
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Year of Birth
1921 |
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SSG Justin Davis
to remember
Arnold, Ray Lewis, Sgt.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
Leadmine |
Last Address
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Date of Passing
Dec 07, 1984 |
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Location of Interment
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Last Known Activity
SERGEANT RAY LEWIS ARNOLD WORKED AS A COAL MINER BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE U.S. ARMY INFANTRY ON 6 MAY 1941. HE WAS SENT TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND ASSIGNED AS A LIGHT MACHINE GUN SECTION LEADER WITH COMPANY "A" OF THE 21ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION WHERE HE SERVED FROM 21 JUNE 1941 TO 19 MARCH 1945 TAKING PART IN 4 CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NEW GUINEA AND THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. HE WAS WOUNDED ON 9 NOVEMBER 1944 IN LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. SGT ARNOLD WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 13 JUNE 1945 AT WHICH TIME HE RETURNED HOME TO LEADMINE, TUCKER COUNTY, WV. ON 10 NOVEMBER 1945 HE MARRIED PAULINE ELIZABETH WEST. HE LIVED IN LEADMINE UNTIL HIS DEATH . RAY ARNOLD WAS LAID TO REST AT THE BETHEL CEMETERTY IN HOLLY MEADOWS, TUCKER COUNTY, WV.
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