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Personal info

Full name
GOONAN, Edward Samuel
Date of birth
13 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32822404
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 41

Immediate family

Members
Thomas P. Goonan (father)
Estelle A. Goonan (mother)
John Goonan (brother)
Thomas Goonan (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward S. Goonan enlisted in New York City, New York on 3 March 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a office machine operator before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card


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