May have been in Brooklyn, New York, unmarried, working in a meat business in 1930 census. His Social Security number was issued in New York.

SSDI:
ARTHUR MELETTI
Birth date: Mar 17, 1907
Death date: Jan, 1981
SSN: 083-05-7871
State Issued: NY
Residence location: Donna, Texas, 78537
Residence county: Hidalgo
Payment location: DONNA, Texas, 78537
Payment county: HIDALGO