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GOODRID, Gerald Claude - Date of
birth
28 July 1913 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana -
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35160977 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Trois-Ponts, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 5 | 12 |
Immediate family
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Members
Willard E. Goodrid (father)
Sophia (Kime) Goodrid (mother)
James Harbin (stepfather)
Carol Goodrid (halfsister)
Mildred L. Harbin (halfsister)
Daletine J. Harbin (halfsister)
A. Imogene Harbin (halfsister)
James D. Harbin (halfbrother)
Patricia J. Harbin (halfsister)
Wendell Harbin (halfbrother)
More information
Gerald Goodrid enlisted on 10 June 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.517prct.org, www.ancestry.com - Birth Certificate / Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Vincennes Sun-Commercial