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Personal info

Full name
GOETZ, Everett B
Date of birth
24 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32002183
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lammersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 39 14

Immediate family

Members
Benj Goetz (father)
Ray Goetz (mother)

More information

Everett B Goetz enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 January 1941.

He participated in the Tunisian and Sicilian Campaigns and landed in France on 10 June 1944.

On 30 September 1944, Sgt Goetz failed to return from a mission to repel an enemy counterattack. His remains were not discovered until 9 August 1946 when a German mine clearer discovered them in a shallow grave.

Source of information: FOHF, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, Tohonorourfallen.com and Footnote

Photo source: Jac Engels, Michel Beckers, www.honourourfallen