This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SSG Justin Davis
to remember
Arnold, Claude W, Sgt.
If you knew or served with this Soldier and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
Contact Info
Home Town Davis
Date of Passing Feb 11, 1999
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
SERGEANT CLAUDE W ARNOLD OF DAVIS WEST VIRGINIA WAS WORKING AS A BUTCHER BEFORE ENTERING THE USAAF ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942. SGT ARNOLD WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 34TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 17TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP AND ARRIVED IN ITALY ON 15 JULY 1944. HE SERVED IN EUROPE THROUGH 5 CAMPAIGNS BEFORE RETURNING STATESIDE ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1945. SGT ARNOLD WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE AAF AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND ON 27 OCTOBER 1945. CLAUDE ARNOLD PASSED AWAY IN DAVIS WEST VIRGINIA ON 11 FEBRUARY 1999 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE DAVIS CEMETERY.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.
