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Personal info

Full name
GOOSTREE, Clarence Jr
Date of birth
6 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Salem, Marion County, Illinois
Hometown
Luka, Marion County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36645468
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Near Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 35 23

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Goostree (father)
Mary E. (Bryan) Goostree (mother)
Jewel Goostree (sister)
Marshall E. Goostree (brother)
Celia Goostree (sister)
Lois M. Goostree (sister)
Olen B. Goostree (brother)

More information

Pvt Clarence Goostree Jr. was employed at the Jack Philips Garage before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Roberta Jane Goostree Holmes Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre