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name
GOULET, Frank Robert - Date of
birth
1922 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Washington -
Hometown
Yakima County, Washington
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6581852 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
1 March 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Ferschweiler, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 4 | 8 |
Immediate family
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Members
Raymond R. Goulet (father)
Theo C. (Webb) Goulet (mother)
June M. Goulet (sister)
Barbara M. Goulet (sister)
Alma L. Goulet (sister)
Edith V. Goulet (sister)
Wallace H. Goulet (brother)
Jean M. (Lomsak) Goulet (wife)
Alyce M. Goulet (daughter)
More information
S/Sgt Frank R. Goulet joined the Regular Army at Cochran Field, Macon, Georgia on 8 January 1940.He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited that Sgt Goulet distinguished himself by gallantry in action on 1 March 1945 in an attack across the wooded ridge near Olk, Germany. Sgt Goulet's platoon was ordered to clean out two machine guns and after deploying his men, rushed the machine gun nest firing as he ran and his men followed him and silenced the guns.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 4 April 1945, http://76thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem