John R. Arman

Korean War
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Fallen

Burleigh County, ND


County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sergeant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
187th Airborne Infantry Regiment

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

http://korean-war-casualties.findthedata.org/l/14140/John-R-Arman

Circumstances:

Died of wounds on August 17, 1951. These wounds were sustained from the enemy in North Korea on May 29, 1951.

Biography:

Sergeant John Arman was born in Bismarck, North Dakota on May 27, 1930 and was a resident of Burleigh County, North Dakota when he entered the US Army at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota on December 31, 1947. He was a member of the 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team and was seriously wounded by the enemy in North Korea on May 29, 1951 and died of those wounds on August 17, 1951 at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.