Arnold D. Mahon
Sergeant
Infantry
United States Army
1942-1944

Purple Heart

     Arnold D. Mahon, son of James Greyand Bobby Simmons Mahon, was born in Cross County on 7 November 1918. He grew up in and near Hickory Ridge, Arkansas and attended schools there, graduating with the Hickory Ridge High School Class of 1937. Before entering the Army he raised Angus cattle in partnership with his brother, Gwynne Mahon.
    He was a member of the Infantry and was killed in New Guinea on 13 July 1944. He had previously been recorded as wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Mahon was survived by his mother, Mrs. Bobby Mahon of Hickory Ridge, his brothers, Gwynne and Roy Mahon of Hickory Ridge, Lee Mahon of Vivian, Louisiana, Reginald Mahon of Jonesboro, Arkansas; and a sister, Mrs. W. S. Wynne of Shreveport, Louisiana.
    Mahon is buried in Lewis Cemetery near Hickory Ridge.