Son of William and Elsa Goss.
Brother to:
Leanord Goss
Clarence Goss
Denver Goss
Juanita Goss
Fredrick Goss
Second husband of Goldie May England. They married on 1/7/1946 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri, the very same day, in the very same courthouse, by the very same judge that her first husband, Leander Brashar, married her his second wife, Louella Allen
.
Second husband of Dorothy England, who was the younger sister of Goldie England.
Father of one child with Goldie May England, Samuel Goss, who was killed in an industrial accident in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Vernie served in the US Army during World War II as a truck driver and saw campaign duty in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Central Europe and the Rhineland. He said he never was shot at but did kill one man in Tunisia when "an old Arab stepped out in front of my truck and I ran over him". He said the US Government gave the man's family $100.00 compensation for his death. Vernie's final unit of assignment was with Company B, 2759th Engineer Combat Battalion.
Vernie earned the following decorations for his service in WWII:
Army Good Conduct Medal
European Theater of Operations Medal with six bronze campaign stars (one silver for 5 campaigns and one bronze for the 6th campaign)
American Defense Medal
American Theater of Operations Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Meritorious Unit Citation Wreath (now a ribbon)
Rifle Marksmanship Badge with bar
Casket bearers were Ronny Asher, Jr., Tyler Asher, Ronnie Asher, James England, Owen Ellis, Jimmy Watkins, Darrell Wofford, Sr and Darrell Wofford, Jr.
Officiating was Rev. Larry Pritchett
Brother to:
Leanord Goss
Clarence Goss
Denver Goss
Juanita Goss
Fredrick Goss
Second husband of Goldie May England. They married on 1/7/1946 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri, the very same day, in the very same courthouse, by the very same judge that her first husband, Leander Brashar, married her his second wife, Louella Allen
.
Second husband of Dorothy England, who was the younger sister of Goldie England.
Father of one child with Goldie May England, Samuel Goss, who was killed in an industrial accident in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Vernie served in the US Army during World War II as a truck driver and saw campaign duty in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Central Europe and the Rhineland. He said he never was shot at but did kill one man in Tunisia when "an old Arab stepped out in front of my truck and I ran over him". He said the US Government gave the man's family $100.00 compensation for his death. Vernie's final unit of assignment was with Company B, 2759th Engineer Combat Battalion.
Vernie earned the following decorations for his service in WWII:
Army Good Conduct Medal
European Theater of Operations Medal with six bronze campaign stars (one silver for 5 campaigns and one bronze for the 6th campaign)
American Defense Medal
American Theater of Operations Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Meritorious Unit Citation Wreath (now a ribbon)
Rifle Marksmanship Badge with bar
Casket bearers were Ronny Asher, Jr., Tyler Asher, Ronnie Asher, James England, Owen Ellis, Jimmy Watkins, Darrell Wofford, Sr and Darrell Wofford, Jr.
Officiating was Rev. Larry Pritchett
Son of William and Elsa Goss.
Brother to:
Leanord Goss
Clarence Goss
Denver Goss
Juanita Goss
Fredrick Goss
Second husband of Goldie May England. They married on 1/7/1946 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri, the very same day, in the very same courthouse, by the very same judge that her first husband, Leander Brashar, married her his second wife, Louella Allen
.
Second husband of Dorothy England, who was the younger sister of Goldie England.
Father of one child with Goldie May England, Samuel Goss, who was killed in an industrial accident in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Vernie served in the US Army during World War II as a truck driver and saw campaign duty in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Central Europe and the Rhineland. He said he never was shot at but did kill one man in Tunisia when "an old Arab stepped out in front of my truck and I ran over him". He said the US Government gave the man's family $100.00 compensation for his death. Vernie's final unit of assignment was with Company B, 2759th Engineer Combat Battalion.
Vernie earned the following decorations for his service in WWII:
Army Good Conduct Medal
European Theater of Operations Medal with six bronze campaign stars (one silver for 5 campaigns and one bronze for the 6th campaign)
American Defense Medal
American Theater of Operations Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Meritorious Unit Citation Wreath (now a ribbon)
Rifle Marksmanship Badge with bar
Casket bearers were Ronny Asher, Jr., Tyler Asher, Ronnie Asher, James England, Owen Ellis, Jimmy Watkins, Darrell Wofford, Sr and Darrell Wofford, Jr.
Officiating was Rev. Larry Pritchett
Brother to:
Leanord Goss
Clarence Goss
Denver Goss
Juanita Goss
Fredrick Goss
Second husband of Goldie May England. They married on 1/7/1946 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri, the very same day, in the very same courthouse, by the very same judge that her first husband, Leander Brashar, married her his second wife, Louella Allen
.
Second husband of Dorothy England, who was the younger sister of Goldie England.
Father of one child with Goldie May England, Samuel Goss, who was killed in an industrial accident in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Vernie served in the US Army during World War II as a truck driver and saw campaign duty in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Central Europe and the Rhineland. He said he never was shot at but did kill one man in Tunisia when "an old Arab stepped out in front of my truck and I ran over him". He said the US Government gave the man's family $100.00 compensation for his death. Vernie's final unit of assignment was with Company B, 2759th Engineer Combat Battalion.
Vernie earned the following decorations for his service in WWII:
Army Good Conduct Medal
European Theater of Operations Medal with six bronze campaign stars (one silver for 5 campaigns and one bronze for the 6th campaign)
American Defense Medal
American Theater of Operations Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Meritorious Unit Citation Wreath (now a ribbon)
Rifle Marksmanship Badge with bar
Casket bearers were Ronny Asher, Jr., Tyler Asher, Ronnie Asher, James England, Owen Ellis, Jimmy Watkins, Darrell Wofford, Sr and Darrell Wofford, Jr.
Officiating was Rev. Larry Pritchett
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