Otis L. Goff is the son of Mr. Warren Goff, and a member of one of the oldest and best known families in Jackson county that time. With his two brothers, Arthur and Westley, he enlisted in the army during the Mexican trouble three years ago and saw service on the border.
The Goff boys were in the infantry service and attached to the famous Rainbow Division, which has been winning undying glory in the recent battles in France, and were among the first American soldiers to arrive "over there."
Young Otis Goff, was serving, his second enlistment when killed. Entering the service as a private he rose to the rank of non commissioned officer through soldierly qualities and native ability.
His name's middle initial is inscribed on the Buzancy monument as S.
Source of information: The Pascagoula Chronicle, Saturday, August 10, 1918 p. 1