World War II
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MIA
Fallen

Mountain, ND


County:
Pembina

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Seaman Apprentice

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
United States Naval Reserve

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

Circumstances:

Was on a ship that was struck by a U-boat. North Atlantic Ocean. 

Biography:

Graduated high school in Mountain, Pembina County, North Dakota.

Mother: Mrs. S. A. Arason of Mountain ND. Sisters Sylia and Kathryn (living at home), Mrs. Earl Starky and Luella Arason of Devils Lake ND. Brothers J.P. Arason (US Navy) John Arason and Lawrence Arason.  

From Register of ND Soldiers and Sailors:

ARASON, GAMALIEL T. SN 730 08 33; born Mountain,
NDak 2 Feb 22; resident Pembina County, NDak;
entered AS Navy Fargo, NDak 2 Oct 42; served European
African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 7 Feb
43 Iceland; SA; remains not recovered.

Memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

World War II

Service # 7300833
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Seaman Apprentice U.S. Navy
Entered Service From North Dakota
Date of Death February 8 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized

Tablets of the Missing

United States Naval Reserve

 

Purple Heart