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Personal info

Full name
GOLDY, David Charles
Date of birth
2 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Durand County, Illinois
Hometown
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36680091
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Villers-la-Ville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 21

Immediate family

Members
Clarence A. Goldy (father)
Laura M. (Gilmore) Goldy (mother)
Kenneth L. Goldy (brother)
Maurice J. Goldy (brother)
Eva L. Goldy (sister)
Betty Goldy (sister)
Alice M. Goldy (sister)
Margaret Goldy (sister)
Vivian M. (Downing) Goldy (wife)
David L. Goldy (son)

More information

T/5 David C. Goldy attended Durand High School and was employed by the Stephenson County Farm Bureau before he enlisted on 9 August 1943. He was sent overseas on 21 November 1944.

He is remembered at the Shirland Cemetery in Shirland, Winnebago County, Illinois.

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 / Sehr Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Dale Andrew Wishop / Eric Ackerman / Alice Horner
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Alice Horner / Dale Andrew Wishop