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Personal info

Full name
GOULD, Raymond Otis
Date of birth
25 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hometown
Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31462454
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
14 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 18

Immediate family

Members
Albert O. Gould (father)
Celia J. (Turnbull) Gould (mother)
Elsie Gould (sister)
Ralph Gould (brother)
Kathryn L. (Firmin) Gould (wife)
Raymond Gould Jr. (son)
Charles Gould (son)
Gerard Gould (son)
Mary Gould (daughter)
David G. Gould (son)

More information

Pfc Raymond O. Gould enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 8 April 1944.
He was on guard near a fox hole when he started choking. He died on arrival to the aid station.
Pfc. Raymond Gould, 37, formerly of Cowen, was killed in action Feb. 14 while serving with the 3rd Army in Germany, his wife, who resides in Southboro, Mass., has been notified. Besides his wife, he is survived by five children, his parents, Mr. an Mrs. Albert Gould of Framington, Mass, two brothers and two sisters, including Mrs. Elsie Snofgrass of Hewitt.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - The Charleston Gazette, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.newspapers.com - The Charleston Gazette, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos