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Personal info

Full name
GOODMAN, Herman Leo
Date of birth
4 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Linton, Greene County, Indiana
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36176098
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 5 14

Immediate family

Members
Ora C. Goodman (father)
Salena M. (Nichols) Goodman (mother)
Helen Goodman (sister)
Woodrow Goodman (brother)
Opal Goodman (sister)

More information

Pfc Herman L. Goodman was employed at the Jersey Creamery Company.

He enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 17 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.nl/2012/02/september-1944.html, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook)