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Personal info

Full name
GOSKIE, Michael Charles
Date of birth
21 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lowellville, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35535551
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Sarrebourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 80

Immediate family

Members
Mike C. Goskie (father)
Catherine (McGinnis) Goskie (mother)
Hilda M. Goskie (sister)
William P. Goskie (brother)
Lewis G. Goskie (brother)
Mary E. Goskie (sister)

More information

Pfc Michael C. Goskie attended high school for four years and was employed at the Sharon Steel Hoop Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his thigh and colon.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

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 / Klueg Roots / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Struthers Fallen Soldier Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Hudson Louie