Name:
David Louis Goudey
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
32597552
Unit:
2nd Ranger Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
H
Row:
28
Grave:
3
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
David Louis Goudey was born on May 15, 1922, in New York, New York County, New York. He was the son of Albert A. Agazzi and Mary A. Goudey Agazzi.
David had two years of high school and had a semiskilled occupation in the production of industrial chemicals. He was single with dependents upon enlistment. He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey, on December 5, 1942. David 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 22, at Pointe de la Percée, during the American assault on Omaha beach in France. PFC Goudey is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.