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Personal info

Full name
GOSS, Paul Leroy
Date of birth
15 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33139851
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Krefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 8 19

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Goss (father)
Mary G. Goss (mother)
Chester Goss (brother)
John K. Goss (brother)
Dorothy A. Goss (sister)
Flora B. Goss (half-sister)
Benjamin F. Goss (brother)

More information

Pvt Paul L. Goss was a farm worker.

He enlisted on 11 February 1942 and trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia and Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. He was sent overseas on 2 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Pam Pracser Anderson, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, Public Opinion 19 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Public Opinion Tue 17 November 1942