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PFC Ralph Harris Goudy

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PFC Ralph Harris Goudy Veteran

Birth
Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Death
12 Mar 1944 (aged 24)
Nagano, Nagano-shi, Nagano, Japan
Burial
Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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USMC World War II
PFC Ralph H. Goudy (Died as POW) March 12, 1944,
Unit Marine Detachment Company A, Peiping, China
Hometown: Canton, Illinois
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Goudy
Service# 273116
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Details of career here.
PFC Goudy died of food poisoning at Tokyo #5 Camp Kawasaki as a POW of the Japanese while serving with the Marine Corps. He was captured in Peking, China on December 9, 1941 while serving as a Guard for the American Embassy.

He is a 1938 graduate of Canton H.S., and went into the Marine Corps in July of 1939, and did his training at Camp Elliott, California.

He is survived by two brothers, SSgt. Doyle Goudy of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Merle Goudy of Texas, and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Price of Chicago, and Mrs. Doris O'Connell of Canton, Illinois.
USMC World War II
PFC Ralph H. Goudy (Died as POW) March 12, 1944,
Unit Marine Detachment Company A, Peiping, China
Hometown: Canton, Illinois
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Goudy
Service# 273116
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Details of career here.
PFC Goudy died of food poisoning at Tokyo #5 Camp Kawasaki as a POW of the Japanese while serving with the Marine Corps. He was captured in Peking, China on December 9, 1941 while serving as a Guard for the American Embassy.

He is a 1938 graduate of Canton H.S., and went into the Marine Corps in July of 1939, and did his training at Camp Elliott, California.

He is survived by two brothers, SSgt. Doyle Goudy of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Merle Goudy of Texas, and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Price of Chicago, and Mrs. Doris O'Connell of Canton, Illinois.

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PFC, US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II




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