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2LT Arthur Clayton Armacost III
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2LT Arthur Clayton Armacost III Veteran

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
5 Nov 1943 (aged 19)
Papua New Guinea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Wall's Of The Missing ~ with a
Memorial ID
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2nd Lt. Arthur C. Armacost's remains were recovered in 2006 and he now rests in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

" Click Here " for that record.

A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.


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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 15, 1946.

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Arthur served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D #42-40972, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Hamilton County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 15, 1942 at Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.

Arthur was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from Dobodura Airfield on an armed reconnaissance mission to shadow a ten vessel convoy off Kavieng, crashed near the village of Imon, roughly 45 miles north of Lae, during the war.

His B-24D #42-40972, in their last message, reported "Three direct hits on a CL [Light Cruiser] or CA [Heavy Cruiser], 0.3005 15100E target destroyed".

He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.

Service # O-801750

Arthur also has a "Cenotaph" in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
" Click Here " for that record.

His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing here at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

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Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40972:

Armacost, Arthur C, III ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, OH
Cameron, William C ~ S/Sgt, CA
Cisneros, Raymond S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Eppright, David R ~ 2nd Lt, MO
Feucht, Charles F ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Hafner, William M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, VA
Hill, Alfred W ~ T/Sgt, TX
Lascelles, James G ~ T/Sgt, NY
Rozzell, Wilburn W ~ S/Sgt, OK

Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett

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2nd Lt. Arthur C. Armacost's remains were recovered in 2006 and he now rests in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

" Click Here " for that record.

A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 15, 1946.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Arthur served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D #42-40972, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Hamilton County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 15, 1942 at Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.

Arthur was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from Dobodura Airfield on an armed reconnaissance mission to shadow a ten vessel convoy off Kavieng, crashed near the village of Imon, roughly 45 miles north of Lae, during the war.

His B-24D #42-40972, in their last message, reported "Three direct hits on a CL [Light Cruiser] or CA [Heavy Cruiser], 0.3005 15100E target destroyed".

He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.

Service # O-801750

Arthur also has a "Cenotaph" in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
" Click Here " for that record.

His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing here at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40972:

Armacost, Arthur C, III ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, OH
Cameron, William C ~ S/Sgt, CA
Cisneros, Raymond S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Eppright, David R ~ 2nd Lt, MO
Feucht, Charles F ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Hafner, William M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, VA
Hill, Alfred W ~ T/Sgt, TX
Lascelles, James G ~ T/Sgt, NY
Rozzell, Wilburn W ~ S/Sgt, OK

Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett

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