World War II Honoree

Phillip Barnard Goss

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Glendale, California

Honored By

George Weck

Relationship

Friend

TECHNICAL SERGEANT. SERVICE NUMBER 19161885. VOLUNTEERED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE ON OCTOBER 17, 1942 AT THE FORT MACARTHUR INDUCTION CENTER. HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE AND WAS SENT TO MERCED, CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER 21 FOR INITIAL TRAINING. HIS ADVANCED TRAINING TOOK HIM TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA FROM JANUARY 21, 1943 TO JULY 12, 1943. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRIVATE 1ST CLASS ON MARCH 1, 1943. DESPITE ENDURING BOTH GERMAN MEASLES AND A MYSTERIOUS FEVER, HE GRADUATED WITH DISTINCTION JUNE 26, 1943. HE QUALIFIED ON THE RIFLE ON JUNE 28, 1943. ATTENDED SPECIALIST SCHOOL AT THE ALLISON ENGINEERING COMPANY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA STARTING JULY 13, 1943. ASSIGNED TO THE 394TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 367TH FIGHTER GROUP, OCTOBER 25, 1943 AND MOVED TO HAYWARD FROM SANTA ROSA ON DECEMBER 3, 1943. CREW CHIEF ON P-38 LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT IN EUROPE. HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR AND PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED 1945.