Arnold S Abalos
MilitaryArnold Abalos was born in Mexico and emigrated to the United States with his parents at age 8 or 9. The family settled in Elko, Nevada. Arnold enlisted in November 1941 and served overseas with the 1029th Signal Company, attached to the 55th Fighter Group. He was promoted to the rank of Technical Sergeant by the war's end.
After the war, Arnold returned to Elko and started working for the State of Nevada. He married Jo Ellen Hammond Sweetwood in 1966 and they had 7 children. He retired from his job at the Nevada Youth Training Center in the early 1980s.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
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Born |
23 August 1916 | ||
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Enlisted |
13 November 1941 | ||
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Other Arrived back in New York from Le Havre on troop ship 'Argentina' |
9 December 1945 | ||
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Died |
30 July 2007 | ||
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Other Emigrated to the United States with his parents, Jose M. and Josefina Pimentel Abalos |
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Other Married Jo Ellen Hammond Sweetwood |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster