Arnold W.n Hines
Service # 31218824
Entered Service From: Maine
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation,
Date of Death: 23 April 1944, from scrub typhus fever and pneumococcal lobar in New Guinea in the line of duty
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 2, Grave 124
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Son of Wallace L. Hines & Ruth Marie Green Hines; brother of Donald E. Hines, B. Jeanette Hines, and Arline M. Hines.
1930 United States Federal Census (12 April 1930): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 5B, family 136, General Turner Hill going toward the Plains) – Arnold W. Hines (6 Maine).
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 1B, household 9, Chase Mills) – Arnold W. Hines (16 Maine). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Arnold W. Hines (1923 Maine), a resident of Androscoggin County, Maine, enlisted as a Private (S/N 31218824) in the U.S. Army on 01 January 1943 in Portland, Maine. His enlistment was "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." Arnold was single, had completed 1 year of high school and had worked as "Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor".
SERVICE RECORDS February 1943
Arnold Hines, recently enlisted in the Army, is now in training at Camp Pomona, near Los Angeles, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 16 February 1943, page 7.
SERVICE RECORDS March 1943
ARNOLD W. HINES, former resident of Chase's Mills has been transferred from a California camp to Kellogg Field, Michigan. His address is 20-75 Q. M. Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Kellogg Field, A. A. B. Battle Creek Michigan. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Friday, 26 March 1943, page 10.
SERVICE RECORDS July 1943
TWO SONS of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner are in the service. Both sons have been transferred recently. PVT. ARNOLD W. HINES is a member of the Army Air Forces stationed at Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His address is Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His brother, PVT. DONALD E. HINES is serving as a member of the Medical Corps at Fort Dix, New Jersey. His address is 15 General Hospital, Bks. 22, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Both attended Leavitt Institute and were employed at the A. A. Green Lumber Company before entering the service. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 06 and 13 July 1943, page 10.
By 24 August 1943 Arnold Hines had been promoted to Private First Class
PFC Arnold Hines of Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts.
Over his time of service Arnold rose to the rank of Corporal also carried the rank of Technician Fifth Grade. Technician ranks were a type of noncommissioned officer rank developed to provide extra pay to soldiers who had extra skills and/or experience but who did not have the leadership roles of a traditional noncommissioned officer. Those who held the rank of T/5 were addressed as "corporal."
Corporal Hines was sent to the South Pacific in November 1943 with the 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation, 263rd Service Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
SERVICE RECORDS February 1944
CORPORAL ARNOLD HINES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner has arrived at his destination somewhere in the Pacific. His address is: Care of the Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Wednesday, 23 February 1944, page 6.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA May 1944
U.S. servicemen from Maine get together for a group photograph in an American Red Cross Service club. Their names, address and length of service in the Southwest Pacific, are listed below, from left to right; First row, Corporal Arnold Hines, Turner, 6 months ... then the names of six others.
The men were holding at sign that read:
Greetings to our folks in Maine
From your sons in the Southwest Pacific Area
American Red Cross Service Club
Somewhere in Australia
Source: The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), Saturday, 27 May 1944, page 3.
Arnold W. Hines, 20, (S/N 31218824), Quartermaster Corps. was admitted to the military hospital in New Guinea in April 1944 suffering from "Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus) (mite-borne); Second Diagnosis: Pneumococcal lobar." He died on 23 April 1944 while being treated "in the line of duty." He was buried in 6911 USAF Cemetery, Finschaffen #2, British New Guinea – Grave 1584.
CORP. ARNOLD HINES DIES OF TYPHUS FEVER IN NEW GUINEA AREA
TURNER – Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner have received word of the death of their son, Corp. Arnold Hines, on April 23 in a hospital in New Guinea, where he had been suffering from scrub typhus fever. Corp. Hines was 19 years of age. He had received his education in Turner schools.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Jeannette Hines; a brother, Donald, who is serving with the armed forces somewhere in England; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Green of North Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hines of Canton. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Monday Morning, 01 May 1944, pages 2 and 9.
After the war (between 15th May 1947 & 07 December 1947) his remains (along with 11,000 other American soldiers from the five Finschaffen cemeteries) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Wallace Lincoln Hines), Technician Fifth Grade Arnold Weston Hines was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery – Plot A, Row 3, Grave 79.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. It has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
He also has a cenotaph in North Turner Cemetery, North Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine.
Service # 31218824
Entered Service From: Maine
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation,
Date of Death: 23 April 1944, from scrub typhus fever and pneumococcal lobar in New Guinea in the line of duty
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 2, Grave 124
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Son of Wallace L. Hines & Ruth Marie Green Hines; brother of Donald E. Hines, B. Jeanette Hines, and Arline M. Hines.
1930 United States Federal Census (12 April 1930): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 5B, family 136, General Turner Hill going toward the Plains) – Arnold W. Hines (6 Maine).
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 1B, household 9, Chase Mills) – Arnold W. Hines (16 Maine). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Arnold W. Hines (1923 Maine), a resident of Androscoggin County, Maine, enlisted as a Private (S/N 31218824) in the U.S. Army on 01 January 1943 in Portland, Maine. His enlistment was "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." Arnold was single, had completed 1 year of high school and had worked as "Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor".
SERVICE RECORDS February 1943
Arnold Hines, recently enlisted in the Army, is now in training at Camp Pomona, near Los Angeles, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 16 February 1943, page 7.
SERVICE RECORDS March 1943
ARNOLD W. HINES, former resident of Chase's Mills has been transferred from a California camp to Kellogg Field, Michigan. His address is 20-75 Q. M. Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Kellogg Field, A. A. B. Battle Creek Michigan. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Friday, 26 March 1943, page 10.
SERVICE RECORDS July 1943
TWO SONS of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner are in the service. Both sons have been transferred recently. PVT. ARNOLD W. HINES is a member of the Army Air Forces stationed at Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His address is Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His brother, PVT. DONALD E. HINES is serving as a member of the Medical Corps at Fort Dix, New Jersey. His address is 15 General Hospital, Bks. 22, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Both attended Leavitt Institute and were employed at the A. A. Green Lumber Company before entering the service. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 06 and 13 July 1943, page 10.
By 24 August 1943 Arnold Hines had been promoted to Private First Class
PFC Arnold Hines of Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts.
Over his time of service Arnold rose to the rank of Corporal also carried the rank of Technician Fifth Grade. Technician ranks were a type of noncommissioned officer rank developed to provide extra pay to soldiers who had extra skills and/or experience but who did not have the leadership roles of a traditional noncommissioned officer. Those who held the rank of T/5 were addressed as "corporal."
Corporal Hines was sent to the South Pacific in November 1943 with the 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation, 263rd Service Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
SERVICE RECORDS February 1944
CORPORAL ARNOLD HINES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner has arrived at his destination somewhere in the Pacific. His address is: Care of the Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Wednesday, 23 February 1944, page 6.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA May 1944
U.S. servicemen from Maine get together for a group photograph in an American Red Cross Service club. Their names, address and length of service in the Southwest Pacific, are listed below, from left to right; First row, Corporal Arnold Hines, Turner, 6 months ... then the names of six others.
The men were holding at sign that read:
Greetings to our folks in Maine
From your sons in the Southwest Pacific Area
American Red Cross Service Club
Somewhere in Australia
Source: The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), Saturday, 27 May 1944, page 3.
Arnold W. Hines, 20, (S/N 31218824), Quartermaster Corps. was admitted to the military hospital in New Guinea in April 1944 suffering from "Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus) (mite-borne); Second Diagnosis: Pneumococcal lobar." He died on 23 April 1944 while being treated "in the line of duty." He was buried in 6911 USAF Cemetery, Finschaffen #2, British New Guinea – Grave 1584.
CORP. ARNOLD HINES DIES OF TYPHUS FEVER IN NEW GUINEA AREA
TURNER – Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner have received word of the death of their son, Corp. Arnold Hines, on April 23 in a hospital in New Guinea, where he had been suffering from scrub typhus fever. Corp. Hines was 19 years of age. He had received his education in Turner schools.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Jeannette Hines; a brother, Donald, who is serving with the armed forces somewhere in England; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Green of North Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hines of Canton. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Monday Morning, 01 May 1944, pages 2 and 9.
After the war (between 15th May 1947 & 07 December 1947) his remains (along with 11,000 other American soldiers from the five Finschaffen cemeteries) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Wallace Lincoln Hines), Technician Fifth Grade Arnold Weston Hines was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery – Plot A, Row 3, Grave 79.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. It has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
He also has a cenotaph in North Turner Cemetery, North Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine.
Arnold W.n Hines
Service # 31218824
Entered Service From: Maine
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation,
Date of Death: 23 April 1944, from scrub typhus fever and pneumococcal lobar in New Guinea in the line of duty
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 2, Grave 124
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Son of Wallace L. Hines & Ruth Marie Green Hines; brother of Donald E. Hines, B. Jeanette Hines, and Arline M. Hines.
1930 United States Federal Census (12 April 1930): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 5B, family 136, General Turner Hill going toward the Plains) – Arnold W. Hines (6 Maine).
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 1B, household 9, Chase Mills) – Arnold W. Hines (16 Maine). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Arnold W. Hines (1923 Maine), a resident of Androscoggin County, Maine, enlisted as a Private (S/N 31218824) in the U.S. Army on 01 January 1943 in Portland, Maine. His enlistment was "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." Arnold was single, had completed 1 year of high school and had worked as "Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor".
SERVICE RECORDS February 1943
Arnold Hines, recently enlisted in the Army, is now in training at Camp Pomona, near Los Angeles, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 16 February 1943, page 7.
SERVICE RECORDS March 1943
ARNOLD W. HINES, former resident of Chase's Mills has been transferred from a California camp to Kellogg Field, Michigan. His address is 20-75 Q. M. Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Kellogg Field, A. A. B. Battle Creek Michigan. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Friday, 26 March 1943, page 10.
SERVICE RECORDS July 1943
TWO SONS of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner are in the service. Both sons have been transferred recently. PVT. ARNOLD W. HINES is a member of the Army Air Forces stationed at Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His address is Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His brother, PVT. DONALD E. HINES is serving as a member of the Medical Corps at Fort Dix, New Jersey. His address is 15 General Hospital, Bks. 22, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Both attended Leavitt Institute and were employed at the A. A. Green Lumber Company before entering the service. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 06 and 13 July 1943, page 10.
By 24 August 1943 Arnold Hines had been promoted to Private First Class
PFC Arnold Hines of Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts.
Over his time of service Arnold rose to the rank of Corporal also carried the rank of Technician Fifth Grade. Technician ranks were a type of noncommissioned officer rank developed to provide extra pay to soldiers who had extra skills and/or experience but who did not have the leadership roles of a traditional noncommissioned officer. Those who held the rank of T/5 were addressed as "corporal."
Corporal Hines was sent to the South Pacific in November 1943 with the 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation, 263rd Service Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
SERVICE RECORDS February 1944
CORPORAL ARNOLD HINES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner has arrived at his destination somewhere in the Pacific. His address is: Care of the Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Wednesday, 23 February 1944, page 6.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA May 1944
U.S. servicemen from Maine get together for a group photograph in an American Red Cross Service club. Their names, address and length of service in the Southwest Pacific, are listed below, from left to right; First row, Corporal Arnold Hines, Turner, 6 months ... then the names of six others.
The men were holding at sign that read:
Greetings to our folks in Maine
From your sons in the Southwest Pacific Area
American Red Cross Service Club
Somewhere in Australia
Source: The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), Saturday, 27 May 1944, page 3.
Arnold W. Hines, 20, (S/N 31218824), Quartermaster Corps. was admitted to the military hospital in New Guinea in April 1944 suffering from "Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus) (mite-borne); Second Diagnosis: Pneumococcal lobar." He died on 23 April 1944 while being treated "in the line of duty." He was buried in 6911 USAF Cemetery, Finschaffen #2, British New Guinea – Grave 1584.
CORP. ARNOLD HINES DIES OF TYPHUS FEVER IN NEW GUINEA AREA
TURNER – Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner have received word of the death of their son, Corp. Arnold Hines, on April 23 in a hospital in New Guinea, where he had been suffering from scrub typhus fever. Corp. Hines was 19 years of age. He had received his education in Turner schools.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Jeannette Hines; a brother, Donald, who is serving with the armed forces somewhere in England; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Green of North Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hines of Canton. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Monday Morning, 01 May 1944, pages 2 and 9.
After the war (between 15th May 1947 & 07 December 1947) his remains (along with 11,000 other American soldiers from the five Finschaffen cemeteries) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Wallace Lincoln Hines), Technician Fifth Grade Arnold Weston Hines was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery – Plot A, Row 3, Grave 79.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. It has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
He also has a cenotaph in North Turner Cemetery, North Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine.
Service # 31218824
Entered Service From: Maine
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation,
Date of Death: 23 April 1944, from scrub typhus fever and pneumococcal lobar in New Guinea in the line of duty
Buried: Manila American Cemetery – Plot H, Row 2, Grave 124
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Son of Wallace L. Hines & Ruth Marie Green Hines; brother of Donald E. Hines, B. Jeanette Hines, and Arline M. Hines.
1930 United States Federal Census (12 April 1930): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 5B, family 136, General Turner Hill going toward the Plains) – Arnold W. Hines (6 Maine).
1940 United States Federal Census (03 April 1940): Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (sheet 1B, household 9, Chase Mills) – Arnold W. Hines (16 Maine). His family had lived in the same house in 1935.
Arnold W. Hines (1923 Maine), a resident of Androscoggin County, Maine, enlisted as a Private (S/N 31218824) in the U.S. Army on 01 January 1943 in Portland, Maine. His enlistment was "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law." Arnold was single, had completed 1 year of high school and had worked as "Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor".
SERVICE RECORDS February 1943
Arnold Hines, recently enlisted in the Army, is now in training at Camp Pomona, near Los Angeles, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 16 February 1943, page 7.
SERVICE RECORDS March 1943
ARNOLD W. HINES, former resident of Chase's Mills has been transferred from a California camp to Kellogg Field, Michigan. His address is 20-75 Q. M. Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Kellogg Field, A. A. B. Battle Creek Michigan. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Friday, 26 March 1943, page 10.
SERVICE RECORDS July 1943
TWO SONS of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner are in the service. Both sons have been transferred recently. PVT. ARNOLD W. HINES is a member of the Army Air Forces stationed at Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His address is Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation), 7 Supply Group, Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts. His brother, PVT. DONALD E. HINES is serving as a member of the Medical Corps at Fort Dix, New Jersey. His address is 15 General Hospital, Bks. 22, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Both attended Leavitt Institute and were employed at the A. A. Green Lumber Company before entering the service. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Tuesday, 06 and 13 July 1943, page 10.
By 24 August 1943 Arnold Hines had been promoted to Private First Class
PFC Arnold Hines of Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts.
Over his time of service Arnold rose to the rank of Corporal also carried the rank of Technician Fifth Grade. Technician ranks were a type of noncommissioned officer rank developed to provide extra pay to soldiers who had extra skills and/or experience but who did not have the leadership roles of a traditional noncommissioned officer. Those who held the rank of T/5 were addressed as "corporal."
Corporal Hines was sent to the South Pacific in November 1943 with the 2075th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation, 263rd Service Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
SERVICE RECORDS February 1944
CORPORAL ARNOLD HINES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner has arrived at his destination somewhere in the Pacific. His address is: Care of the Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Wednesday, 23 February 1944, page 6.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA May 1944
U.S. servicemen from Maine get together for a group photograph in an American Red Cross Service club. Their names, address and length of service in the Southwest Pacific, are listed below, from left to right; First row, Corporal Arnold Hines, Turner, 6 months ... then the names of six others.
The men were holding at sign that read:
Greetings to our folks in Maine
From your sons in the Southwest Pacific Area
American Red Cross Service Club
Somewhere in Australia
Source: The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), Saturday, 27 May 1944, page 3.
Arnold W. Hines, 20, (S/N 31218824), Quartermaster Corps. was admitted to the military hospital in New Guinea in April 1944 suffering from "Tsutsugamushi fever (scrub typhus) (mite-borne); Second Diagnosis: Pneumococcal lobar." He died on 23 April 1944 while being treated "in the line of duty." He was buried in 6911 USAF Cemetery, Finschaffen #2, British New Guinea – Grave 1584.
CORP. ARNOLD HINES DIES OF TYPHUS FEVER IN NEW GUINEA AREA
TURNER – Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hines of Turner have received word of the death of their son, Corp. Arnold Hines, on April 23 in a hospital in New Guinea, where he had been suffering from scrub typhus fever. Corp. Hines was 19 years of age. He had received his education in Turner schools.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Jeannette Hines; a brother, Donald, who is serving with the armed forces somewhere in England; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Green of North Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hines of Canton. Source: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine), Monday Morning, 01 May 1944, pages 2 and 9.
After the war (between 15th May 1947 & 07 December 1947) his remains (along with 11,000 other American soldiers from the five Finschaffen cemeteries) were disinterred and brought to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Wallace Lincoln Hines), Technician Fifth Grade Arnold Weston Hines was buried in his final resting place "side by side with *comrades who also gave their lives for their country" in 7701 Fort William McKinley Military Cemetery – Plot A, Row 3, Grave 79.
*16,859 graves of our military dead are buried in the Manila American Cemetery. It has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II. Another 36,286 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing.
He also has a cenotaph in North Turner Cemetery, North Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine.
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