View source for ARTHUR B. CROSS, JR., ENS, USNR

{{KeyDates|DoB=April 12, 1918|DoD=January 30, 1945|Age=26|name_class=Arthur Cross, Jr. '40}}
{{Info|Hometown=New York City, New York}}
{{NARegister|FullName=Arthur Barton Cross, Jr.
|Hometown=South Carolina
|date=June 15, 1936
|years=18
|months=2}}

He resigned on March 4, 1938 because he was "Deficient in studies, first term's work. Continued with class pending reexamination. Reexamined and again deficient. Recommended to be dropped. Permitted to resign."

== Lucky Bag ==
Arthur Barton Cross, Jr. is listed on the page titled “And Some We Knew.”

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== Loss ==
Arthur died on January 30, 1945 while in a Japanese prison camp.

He had been a member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Otus_(ARG-20) USS Otus (AS 20)]. It seems he was one of "a number of officers and men [who] were ashore on business" during the bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard on December 10, 1941; "… quite a few never returned to the ship." (From the post-war book of <span class='smallcaps'>Otus</span>.)

== Other Information ==
From researcher Kathy Franz:
<blockquote>
In 1921, Arthur came through Ellis Island from Liverpool, England, with his mother and sister Helen. In 1925, the family lived in Rhode Island. In 1930 his father was a general manager for a textile plant in Ebenezer, South Carolina. In 1935, the family lived in Rock Hill, South Carolina; and in 1940, they lived in Oceanport, New Jersey.
</blockquote>

His parents were [http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameC.htm listed as] next of kin; he was also [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14514372 survived] by a brother. He was a member of the Signal Corps. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and entered the service from New York City, New York.

== Prisoner of War Medal ==
From [http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=302740 Hall of Valor:]
<blockquote>
Ensign Arthur Barton Cross (NSN: 0-109016), United States Navy, a member of the crew of the U.S.S. OTUS (AS-20), was captured by the Japanese in the Philippine Islands on or about 10 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death of Acute Enteritis on or about 30 January 1945.

General Orders: NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947<br/>
Action Date: December 10, 1941 - January 30, 1945<br/>
Service: Navy<br/>
Rank: Ensign<br/>
Division: Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)
</blockquote>

(Note the date here is almost certainly incorrect; Japanese forces had only landed on December 8 and were nearly 120 miles north of Cavite on December 10th.)

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