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Personal info

Full name
GOOLSBY, Louie Dalton
Date of birth
13 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34582913
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 3 11

Immediate family

Members
James A. Goolsby (father)
Rhoda A. (Higgins) Goolsby (mother)
Haskell R. Goolsby (brother)
Pauline Goolsby (sister)
Lloyd D. Goolsby (brother)
Martha (Lee) Goolsby (wife)
Jane Goolsby (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Louie D. Goolsby enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 30 November 1942.

T/Sgt Goolsby had been in combat only two weeks at the time of his death.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Shoemaker Henderson Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record, Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded, 1944-1946

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Nathalia van Eijsden