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Personal info

Full name
GOFF, Kenneth Edward
Date of birth
15 March 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33615383
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
5th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rieden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 35

Immediate family

Members
Perry L. Goff (father)
Lura (Williams) Goff (mother)
James Goff (brother)
Perry Goff (brother)
Ruth M. Goff (sister)
Ruel A. Goff (brother)
Dorothy Goff (sister)
Grace L. (Morse) Goff (wife)
David K. Goff (son)
Thomas Goff (son)

More information

Pvt Kenneth E. Goff attended high school for four years and worked as a carpenter before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 29 January 1944.

He was married to Grace Morse on 3 April 1937.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.org – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Marriage license / Veteran Compensation File / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone Inscription & Interment Record, www.fold3.com – WWII Registration Card, www.newspapers.com – The Times Tribune, 14 May 1945/The Scrantonian Sunn, 13 May 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Clark Howell, www.newspapers.com – The Times Tribune, 14 May 1945