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Home Town Leadmine
Date of Passing Dec 07, 1984
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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.
Description (Leyte Campaign 17 October 1944 to 1 July 1945) On 17 October 1944, after preparatory bombardment, the invasion of the Philippines got under way with the seizure of islands guarding Leyte Gulf. The landing on Leyte itself on 20 October was strongly contested by Japanese forces on land and at sea. Organized resistance on the island did not end until after Christmas, and mopping up operations continued for a long time. Meanwhile, at the end of October, the neighboring island of Samar was occupied with little difficulty.
