Goggins James Lawrence

Monuments

Naval Air Station Porto Corsini- Remembrance Plaque

Name:

James Lawrence Goggins

Rank:

Ensign

Serial Number:

Naval Aviator

Unit:

Naval Air Station (NAS) Porto Corsini

Date of Death:

1918-08-11

State:

Connecticut

Cemetery:

Saint Lawrence Cemetery West Haven, New Haven

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Served as a Pilot at Naval Air Station Porto Corsini, Italy (On the Adriatic Sea) during World War 1. BIO: James Lyons Goggins was born in New Haven Connecticut in 1891. He attended Georgetown University where he was a football star. He joined the Navy and was an early Naval Aviator. He served as an instructor pilot serving at the Lake Bolsena training facility in central Italy and then at NAS Porto Corsini. He died during a training flight on August 11, 1918. His sacrifice is commemorated on a plaque at the Port of Ravenna, Italy.