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Personal info

Full name
GOODREAU, George Edward
Date of birth
3 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31416295
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Le Mans, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 35 6

Immediate family

Members
Albert W. Goodreau (father)
Rose M. (St. John Onge) Goodreau (mother)
Walter H. Goodreau (brother)
Gertrude D. Goodreau (sister)
Theodore B. Goodreau (brother)
Ralph E. Goodreau (brother)
Irene J. Goodreau (sister)
Catherine M. (Kosmider) Goodreau (wife)

More information

Pvt George E. Goodreau attended high school for four years and was employed at the Ralston Purina Company before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 24 November 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Rich Therm Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Karolski