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Personal info

Full name
GOODMANSON, Vernon A
Date of birth
15 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa
Hometown
O'Brien County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37048939
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Lewis M. Goodmanson (father)
Bertha A. (Ehlers) Goodmanson (mother)
Murel M. Goodmanson (brother)
Maria Goodmanson (sister)
Allen W. Goodmanson (brother)

More information

T/4 Vernon A. Goodmanson enlisted on 1 September 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - ABMC
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier