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USS Indianapolis CA-35

Lost At Sea

Carl Lloyd ARNOLD
Name: Carl Lloyd ARNOLD
Project 888 Rank / Rating: AMM3-Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class
Service #: 962 37 88
DOB: Nov 05, 1925
From: Lima, OH
Parents: Mr and Mrs Walter Arnold
Went Aboard: May 12, 1944
Age When Ship Went Down: 19 years, 8 months, 25 days
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Bio Submitted By: Patricia Stephens (Admin)

Carl Lloyd ARNOLD, AMM3-Aviation Machinist

ARNOLD, Carl L

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Carl was born November 5, 1925 in Lafayette, OH. He graduated from South high school in Lima, Allen Co., OH. He registered for the draft in Lima on November 5, 1943 when he was 18 years old. He was living in Lima at the same address as his father, Walter. Carl was employed by the Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Company in his hometown of Lima.
Carl enlisted in the Navy on January 19, 1944 at Toledo, OH. On January 26, 1944 he arrived at Great Lakes, IL., for basic training. While training there he was advanced to S2c (Seaman second class) on March 29, 1944. After completing his training in Great Lakes, IL., Arnold boarded USS Storm King for the receiving station at Pearl Harbor, T.H. He arrived May 1, 1944 and was transferred four days later to COMAIRPAC (Commander Air Pacific) for assignment. On May 12, 1944, Carl was received aboard USS Indianapolis CA-35 from Carrier Aircraft Service Unit on authority from COMAIRPAC. On board Indianapolis he was a crew member of the Aviation Unit VCS-4. His rate was S2c. By September 1, 1944, his rate advanced to S1c. The specific job he performed with the aviation unit is unknown. Carl continued to served in the aviation unit and his name last appears in the records on July 1, 1945. Carl was one of the nine members of the aviation unit who were lost at sea when Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese submarine I-58 on July 30, 1945. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. Sources: The Lima News, OH, Sunday, March 31, 1946, p. 3 USN, Official Records, Muster Roll and Report of Changes of USS Indianapolis 1944-1945 Report of Changes, Great Lakes Training Center, IL for March 31, 1944 Report of Changes, RS Pearl Harbor, month of May 1944.

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