Arnold Raymond Pettice

Monuments

Asan Bay Landing Memorial Wall

Name:

Raymond Pettice Arnold

Rank:

Lieutenant (Junior Grade)

Serial Number:

Unit:

U.S.S. Ormsby

Date of Death:

1944-07-21

State:

Alabama

Cemetery:

Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA

Plot:

Section 3

Row:

Block 6

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Raymond Pettice Arnold was born on February 6, 1917. He was the son of James Harris Arnold Sr. and Bettie Anderson Arnold. He was the husband of Marie Smith Arnold. He was a graduate of Emory University, Atlanta.

Arnold entered the service on March 8, 1943, and took his first training at Dartmouth and later at Princeton as an Ensign. He served in the U.S.S. Ormsby, U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant ( Junior Class ) during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.