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Personal info

Full name
GOULD, Ernest
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Anderson, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
6666952
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 23 9

Immediate family

Members
Rollie M. Gould (father)
Elva (Schaefer) Gould (mother)
Rollie M. Gould Jr. (brother)
Rosemary D. Gould (sister)

More information

Pfc Ernest Gould attended college.

He joined the Regular Army on 29 April 1939 and was sent overseas in August 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

His brother, Rollie was a corporal, serving in the South Pacific at the time of his death.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Cincinnati Post - 27 October 1944