Name:
Ernest E. Goetz
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
36693648
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-04-17
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NLD
Plot:
A
Row:
3
Grave:
16
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
When Ernest E. Goetz was born on May 10, 1916, in Illinois, his father, Carl, was 28 and his mother, Marie, was 25. He had one brother and two sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private First Class in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on April 17, 1945 and is now buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.