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Personal info

Full name
GOULD, George J
Date of birth
16 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Belding, Ionia County, Michigan
Hometown
Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36417246
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 52

Immediate family

Members
Ward Gould (father)
Lena (Smith) Gould (mother)
Glenn Gould (brother)
Dale C. Gould (brother)
Charles Smith (brother)
Louis Smith (brother)
Helen Haskins (sister)
Mable Gender (sister)
Hazel Smith (sister)

More information

Pfc George J. Gould graduated from Greenville High School in 1935and worked for the Gibson Refrigerator Co.

He enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 2 January 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. From there he was transferred to Fort Meade Maryland, then to Camp McCoy, where he was a ski instructor and later trained troops in the Upper Peninsula. He embarked for overseas service from Camp McCoy at Easter time in 1944.

His brothers Glenn and Charles also served during the war.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Newspaper 1945, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor_eg.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Daily News, 22 January 1945 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott