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Lino D. Goodwin

Private First Class, US Army

Service #34109841

Assigned to Company C,
10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
European Theater of Operations

Died on July 21, 1944
Near Caumont, Aisne France, See Note 1
Officially Listed as Killed In Action

Final Burial Location:
Littleville Cemetery
Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama, USA

FindAGrave.com Memorial 148707279

Awards:

Purple Heart
Medal

American Campaign
Service Medal

European-African-
Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal

World War II
Victory Medal

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Purple Heart Awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Forces, after April 5, 1917, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Awarded for military service for service within the European-African-MiddleEastern Theater between December 7, 1941 and November 8, 1945.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

PFC Goodwin was born September 26,1919 and entered the
US Army from Fort McClellan, Winston County, Alabama, Enlisting on August 25, 1941

His loss is recorded in the
Alabama World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 27, Winston County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) website.

Note 1: The death location, "Near Caumont, Aisne France" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of PFC Lino D. Goodwin, this location was not verified by eyewitness statement or official After Action Report. Rescarching multiple online sources, this location was estimated on:

A. FindAGrave.com image of his "Application For Headstone or Marker" identifies his assigned unit as Company C, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division.

B. 5th Infantry Division unit history records report that his unit was near Near Caumont, Aisne France on or near July 21, 1944.

Anyone with a more specific location is welcomed and encouraged to submit an email to: ww2updates@withmilitaryhonors.com.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 2

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

34109841

NAME

GOODWIN LINO D

RESIDENCE: STATE

41 - ALABAMA

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

133 - WINSTON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

4130 - FT MCCLELLAN ALABAMA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

8/25/1941 - August 25, 1941

GRADE, ALPHA

8 - Private

BRANCH: CODE

00 - Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

0 - Undefined Code

LONGEVITY

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

- Selective Service within 3 months of Discharge

NATIVITY

41 - ALABAMA

YEAR OF BIRTH

1919 (9/26/1919) September 26, 1919

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

1 - White, citizen

EDUCATION

0 - Grammar school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

316 - Farm hands, general farms

MARITAL STATUS

6 - Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

1 - Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0754, 1.271

Online Related Information:

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