World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
George J. Arnett
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Gage, Kentucky
Honored By
A Grateful American
He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous devotion to duty on board USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) during enemy attacks on 21 January 1945 near Formosa.