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Personal info

Full name
GOIN, Dallas James
Date of birth
9 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Stokes County, North Carolina
Hometown
Westfield, Stokes County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34439085
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
West of the Rur River in the sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 11 22

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Goin (father)
Cora Goin (mother)
Myrtle Goin (sister)
Elmer Goin (brother)
Edgar Goin (brother)
Ruth Goin (sister)
James K. Goin (brother)
Bertha (Nations) Goin (wife)

More information

Pfc Dallas J. Goin enlisted at Camp Groft, South Carolina on 11 November 1942. He was a farmer before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, North Carolina Marriage Certificate

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Anita Goins O'Donnell (niece) - courtesy of Lynne Sidaway