Something in the story doesn’t pass the smell test.
IF Arness died at 88, than he was born in 1930.
If he was born in 1930, and the Anzio invasion took place in 1944,
THAN Arness would have been 14 when Anzio took place.
Participating in a major military invasion overseas at 14?
Maybe not????
He was born in 1923.
These are not obits of someone that just died, these are articles of famous veterans some of who have been dead for many years.