Name:
Arthur Kale
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-797014
Unit:
77th Squadron, 22nd Transport Group
Date of Death:
1943-07-19
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
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Arthur Kale entered the military service in New York. He was the navigator on C-87 #41-11907, assigned to the 22nd Transport Group 77th Transport Squadron. They took off from Jorhat India carrying cargo to Kunming China. The plane never arrived and the crew was never seen again. Because his body was not recovered, he is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.