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SGT Robert C. Goodenough Jr.

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SGT Robert C. Goodenough Jr.

Birth
Death
20 Apr 1945 (aged 25)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial
East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
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Died in service on a flight aboard C-47 Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated during a thunderstorm and crashed, three miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
Died in service on a flight aboard C-47 Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated during a thunderstorm and crashed, three miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller

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  • Maintained by: Tim Cook
  • Originally Created by: T.V.F.T.H.
  • Added: Aug 9, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95059664/robert_c-goodenough: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Robert C. Goodenough Jr. (19 Apr 1920–20 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95059664, citing Gate of Heaven Cemetery and Mausoleum, East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).