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U.S. Army Air Forces · United States 
First Lieutenant Thor Val Arnkil served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Thor served in World War II. Thor was 28 years old.
What Happened
1st Lt Thor V. Arnkil was a musician, playing on cruise ships before he enlisted. | | His father was born in Finland and his mother in Sweden. His father died in 1920 after which his mother remarried with Albin Axelson | | The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea just west of the Frisian Islands,
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U.S. Army Air Forces
became the U.S. Air Force in 1947
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Awards & Decorations
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Burial Information
Cemetery
Netherlands American Cemetery
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Thor Val Arnkil
First Lieutenant
U.S. Army Air Forces
401st Bombardment Squadron
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