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Arnold Harrison Mann, the son of Jacob and Anna (Hershman) Mann, was born on July 6, 1923, in Bronx, New York. Arnold and his mother had moved to Schenectady by 1940 to live with his aunt and uncle. Arnold worked at General Electric and went to Mont Pleasant High School.
On July 15, 1942, Arnold enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He held the rank of Sergeant and was part of the 794th Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group. On June 16, 1944, Arnold was returning from a night mission when his B-29 Superfortress collided with a mountain in China. The entire crew was lost. They are buried together in Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas. Arnold is also remembered at the Agudat Achim Cemetery, Rotterdam, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
