He was an Army Ranger and the Commanding Officer of Company C, 2nd Ranger Infantry Battalion, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day at "H" hour with the initial assault wave during World War II, where he received the Distinguished Service Cross (the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor) and the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Libertyville American Legion Post #329, Grace Lutheran Church and was a retired account executive with the E. F. McDonald Company in Chicago. He was preceded in death by his parents, Einar and Agnes Goranson; his wife, Ruth in 2002; and his brother, Jack in 1945.
He was an Army Ranger and the Commanding Officer of Company C, 2nd Ranger Infantry Battalion, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day at "H" hour with the initial assault wave during World War II, where he received the Distinguished Service Cross (the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor) and the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Libertyville American Legion Post #329, Grace Lutheran Church and was a retired account executive with the E. F. McDonald Company in Chicago. He was preceded in death by his parents, Einar and Agnes Goranson; his wife, Ruth in 2002; and his brother, Jack in 1945.
Inscription
Captain, U.S. Army
Gravesite Details
Interred May 13, 2013
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