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Personal info

Full name
ARNDT, James Clarence
Date of birth
6 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Flinton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Indianola, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33706269
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Sarreinsming, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 25 21

Immediate family

Members
Samuel J. Arndt (father)
Emma L. (Pontious) Arndt (mother)
Luella F. Arndt (sister)
George W. Arndt (brother)
Audrey B. Arndt (sister)
Myrtle J. Arndt (sister)
Thomas E. Arndt (brother)
Alonzo G. Arndt (brother)
Rose K. Arndt (sister)
Ulysses S. Arndt (brother)
Harriet C. Arndt (sister)
Florence V. Arndt (sister)
Samuel K. Arndt (brother)
Bessie E. Arndt (sister)
Tyrus E. Arndt (brother)
Chat E. Arndt (brother)
Minnie E. (Kaufold) Arndt (wife)
Margaret E. Arndt (daughter)

More information

Pvt James C. Arndt was a miner and mining-machine operator before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 October 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his eye.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application WWII / Smith Burgess Trees / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Doc Wilson, www.ancestry.com - cjkcabe