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Personal info

Full name
GOODWIN, Apolis Niles Jr
Date of birth
17 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Halfway, Baker County, Oregon
Hometown
Baker County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39472811
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Near Kommerscheidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 21 23

Immediate family

Members
Apolis N. Goodwin (father)
Emma M. Goodwin (mother)
Bethel Goodwin (sister)
Ada Marie Goodwin (sister)
Grace Goodwin (sister)
Geralean Goodwin (sister)
Juanita M. (McFadden) Goodwin (wife)

More information

Sgt Apolis N. Goodwin Jr. attended high school for two years and was employed as a lookout man in the forestry business in Colorado.

He enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 28 March 1944.

Sgt Goodwin is remembered at Halfway Cemetery in Halfway, Oregon.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://home.scarlet.be/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Leila, Hans Wijnands