World War II Honoree

David Goldberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York City, New York

Honored By

Todd Berkoff

Relationship

Grandson

PRIVATE DAVID GOLDBERG FIRST SERVED AS AN ENGINEER, BUILDING AIRFIELDS IN ENGLAND AND LATER IN FRANCE AFTER D-DAY. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE INFANTRY AND SERVED WITH THE 89TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ON APRIL 25, 1945, WHILE TRAVELING ON A SHERMAN TANK WITH HIS INFANTRY PLATOON IN GERMANY, THEIR COLUMN CAME UNDER FIRE FROM A GERMAN 88 BATTERY. PRIVATE GOLDBERG WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHEN A GERMAN 88 ROUND HIT THE TANK HE WAS RIDING ON. MANY OTHERS RIDING ON THE TANK WERE KILLED IN THIS ATTACK, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE, FOR THE WAR WOULD BE OVER IN ONE WEEK. PRIVATE GOLDBERG RECOVERED FROM HIS WOUNDS. HE WAS LATER AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART.