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Personal info

Full name
GOSS, David Philip
Date of birth
11 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32147512
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Armored Engineer Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 14

Immediate family

Members
Sam Goss (father)
Gussie (Klein) Goss (mother)
Meyer Goss (brother)
Harold Goss (brother)
Albert Goss (brother)
Ruth Goss (sister)
Adele Goss (wife)

More information

T/5 David P. Goss enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 8 May 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery