Goad Wayne Dee

Monuments

Ranger Names Plaque - Pointe du Hoc

Name:

Wayne Dee Goad

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

38403468

Unit:

2nd Ranger Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-06-06

State:

Oklahoma

Cemetery:

Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma, USA

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Wayne Dee Goad was born on March 30, 1923, in Moody, Texas. He was the son of Ralph Andrew Goad and Lucy Ottie (nee Ellis) Goad.

Wayne had four years of high school and had a civil occupation as a Semiskilled compositor and typesetter, and was married upon enlistment. He enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 7, 1943. He served in Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944, at the age of 21, at Pointe de la Percée, during the American assault on Omaha beach in France. PFC Goad is now buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma, USA.