Curt A. Arnold Jr.
Private, U.S. Army
32752991
Company G
30th Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: January 31, 1944
Buried at: Locustwood Memorial Park
State Highway 70 & Cooper Landing Road
Cherry Hill NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
Magnolia NJ War Memorial
Introduction
Private Curt A. Arnold Jr. was the son of Curt and Lillie Arnold. He was born in 1924, and raised in Magnolia NJ, where his parents had made their home at 427 Evesham Avenue since before 1920, and were members of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, then at Warwick Road and Washington Avenue. The elder Arnold was a carpenter. Curt Arnold Jr. attended public schools in Magnolia, and had completed two years of high school at Haddon Heights (NJ) High School prior to leaving to take a job at the Photo Developing Company in Camden NJ. He was inducted into the United States Army on March 9, 1943.
After being inducted into the service, Curt Arnold Jr. was killed in action on January 31, 1944, at Anzio, Italy. His death was reported on February 29, 1944, not long after the landings at Anzio. He was survived by his parents, brother Robert, and sisters Mrs. Eleanor Rowand, Miss Mildred Arnold, and Miss Lillian Arnold, all of Magnolia.
Curt Arnold Jr. was brought home to the United States after the war, and was buried at Locustwood Cemetery in what was then Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill) NJ, where he now rests next to his parents and sister Lillian.
Military Services Set For Pvt. C. A. Arnold
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services for Pvt. Curt A. Arnold Jr., will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Magnolia, of which he was a member. Burial will be in Locustwood Memorial park. Friends may call Sunday night at the residence, 422 West Evesham road, Magnolia.
Military rites will be conducted by Edwin I. Johnson post 370, American Legion, Magnolia.
Private Arnold, a native of Magnolia, was killed in action Jan. 31, 1944, at Anzio, Italy, at the age of 19. He was a member of Company G, 30th Infantry, Third division.
Surviving are his father, Curt Sr.; his mother, Lillian; a brother, Robert, and three sisters, Lillian, Mrs. Eleanor Rowand and Mrs. Mildred Romaneck, all of Magnolia.