WORLD WAR II
KIA
Son of Thomas Edward and Pearl Sumner Goodson. Thomas married Norma Ann Niggel in June 1942.
HARTSVILLE - Committal services for1st Lieut. Thomas E. Goodson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Goodson, will be conducted at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the graveside in Magnolia Cemetery.
Lieutenant Goodson was with the famous 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Regiment when they landed in Normandy D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was killed June 14, 1944 while acting as a company commander and leading his company in an attack in a stubbornly held enemy position, just west of the Merderet River in Normandy, France. His battalion received the presidential unit citation for this attack.
Lieutenant Goodson was born in Hartsville, August 19, 1918. He attended Hartsville city schools, The Citadel, and in 1940 graduated in architecture from Clemson College. Before entering the service in January 1942, he was associated with C. Hardy Oliver, Columbia architect.
In June 1942, Lieutenant Goodson was married to the former Miss Norma Niggel of Columbia.
Besides his parents and widow, he is survived by two sisters, Miss Margaret Goodson of State Park and Miss Helen Goodson of Hartsville.
Published in The State, June 15, 1948
KIA
Son of Thomas Edward and Pearl Sumner Goodson. Thomas married Norma Ann Niggel in June 1942.
HARTSVILLE - Committal services for1st Lieut. Thomas E. Goodson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Goodson, will be conducted at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the graveside in Magnolia Cemetery.
Lieutenant Goodson was with the famous 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Regiment when they landed in Normandy D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was killed June 14, 1944 while acting as a company commander and leading his company in an attack in a stubbornly held enemy position, just west of the Merderet River in Normandy, France. His battalion received the presidential unit citation for this attack.
Lieutenant Goodson was born in Hartsville, August 19, 1918. He attended Hartsville city schools, The Citadel, and in 1940 graduated in architecture from Clemson College. Before entering the service in January 1942, he was associated with C. Hardy Oliver, Columbia architect.
In June 1942, Lieutenant Goodson was married to the former Miss Norma Niggel of Columbia.
Besides his parents and widow, he is survived by two sisters, Miss Margaret Goodson of State Park and Miss Helen Goodson of Hartsville.
Published in The State, June 15, 1948
WORLD WAR II
KIA
Son of Thomas Edward and Pearl Sumner Goodson. Thomas married Norma Ann Niggel in June 1942.
HARTSVILLE - Committal services for1st Lieut. Thomas E. Goodson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Goodson, will be conducted at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the graveside in Magnolia Cemetery.
Lieutenant Goodson was with the famous 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Regiment when they landed in Normandy D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was killed June 14, 1944 while acting as a company commander and leading his company in an attack in a stubbornly held enemy position, just west of the Merderet River in Normandy, France. His battalion received the presidential unit citation for this attack.
Lieutenant Goodson was born in Hartsville, August 19, 1918. He attended Hartsville city schools, The Citadel, and in 1940 graduated in architecture from Clemson College. Before entering the service in January 1942, he was associated with C. Hardy Oliver, Columbia architect.
In June 1942, Lieutenant Goodson was married to the former Miss Norma Niggel of Columbia.
Besides his parents and widow, he is survived by two sisters, Miss Margaret Goodson of State Park and Miss Helen Goodson of Hartsville.
Published in The State, June 15, 1948
KIA
Son of Thomas Edward and Pearl Sumner Goodson. Thomas married Norma Ann Niggel in June 1942.
HARTSVILLE - Committal services for1st Lieut. Thomas E. Goodson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Goodson, will be conducted at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the graveside in Magnolia Cemetery.
Lieutenant Goodson was with the famous 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Regiment when they landed in Normandy D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was killed June 14, 1944 while acting as a company commander and leading his company in an attack in a stubbornly held enemy position, just west of the Merderet River in Normandy, France. His battalion received the presidential unit citation for this attack.
Lieutenant Goodson was born in Hartsville, August 19, 1918. He attended Hartsville city schools, The Citadel, and in 1940 graduated in architecture from Clemson College. Before entering the service in January 1942, he was associated with C. Hardy Oliver, Columbia architect.
In June 1942, Lieutenant Goodson was married to the former Miss Norma Niggel of Columbia.
Besides his parents and widow, he is survived by two sisters, Miss Margaret Goodson of State Park and Miss Helen Goodson of Hartsville.
Published in The State, June 15, 1948
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1st Lieutenant US Army
82nd Airborne 401st Glider Regt
Killed in Action at St. Mere Eglise Normandy, France
"Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends." St. John 15:13
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