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Personal info

Full name
GOLDSTRAW, William Henry Jr
Date of birth
20 April 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Hometown
Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42143018
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wilwerwiltz and Pintsch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 36

Immediate family

Members
William H. Goldstraw (father)
Alice E. (Phillips) Goldstraw (mother)
Anna E. Goldstraw (sister)
Elsie G. (Ziegler) Goldstraw (wife)
Robert Goldstraw (son)
Caroline Goldstraw (daughter)
John E. Goldstraw (son)

More information

Pfc William H. Goldstraw Jr. enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 31 May 1944. He attended high school for 1 year.

He is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Wayne Irons, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Wayne Irons