Born: 16 January 1922 Hazelhurst, Georgia.

Goff had completed grammar school, was living in Jacksonville and
worked as a grocery clerk when he enlisted in Company G, 124th
Infantry Regiment 26 February 1940. He was inducted into federal
service 25 November 1940 aas a Private. Later, he was assigned
to the 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. He was a
Private 1st Class at the time of his death.

KILLED IN ACTION; 25 June 1944, Normandy, France.

8th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division


(The 4th Division had landed on D-Day and had been involved in
the defense of the American positions at Utah Beach and the
subsequent campaign to clear the Germans out of the Cherborug
Peninsula. On the 25th of June, the Division was involved in
securing the area east of the city of Cherbourg and was then used
to assault the built-up and heavily defended areas of the eastern
portion of the city during which operations Goff was killed).





GOLDEN, William Crocker


HEADQUARTERS BATTERY, 265TH COAST ARTILLERY
(Duval County)

Born: 12 July 1918 Jacksonville, Florida.

Golden was a graduate of R.E. Lee High School, living in
Jacksonville and working as a clerk/salesman earning $18 per week
when he enlisted in the Headquarters Battery, 265th Coast
Artillery 2 October, 1940. He was inducted into federal service
as a Private 1st Class 6 January 1941. Later, he was
commissioned a bombardier and assigned to the 20TH BOMB
SQUADRON, 2ND BOMB GROUP. He was a 1st Lieutenant at the time of
his death.

KILLED IN ACTION; 10 January 1944, Bulgaria. (Golden had
completed more than thirty combat missions prior to his death).

20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group


(The 2nd Group flew B-17 heavy bombers In the from African and
Italian bases against Germany targets ranging from southern
Germany to the Balkans. On the 10th of January 1944, the group,
and others, escorted by P-47 fighter aircraft, attacked enemy
targets in Sofia, Bulgaria. Two heavy bombers, including
Golden's, were lost to enemy action).