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Personal info

Full name
GOOLSBY, Jack
Date of birth
7 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
33924306
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 4 14

Immediate family

Members
Flemming E. Goolsby III (father)
Maliza Goolsby (sister)
Robert E. Goolsby (brother)
Sallie L. Goolsby (sister)

More information

Pfc Jack Goolsby enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Muza Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.80thdivision.com/WebArchives/MiscReports.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet