World War II Honoree

Lubert D. Goodman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Louisville, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 4 AUGUST 1944 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS A RIFLEMAN (745) AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 25 JANUARY 1945 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED IN COMBAT WITH COMPANY C, 35TH INFANTRY ‘CACTI’ REGIMENT, 25TH INFANTRY ‘TROPIC LIGHTNING’ DIVISION THROUGH THE LUZON AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 9 MAY 1945 IN VICINITY OF CALSO, NEAR THE KAPINTALAN RIDGE, LUZON. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINES LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON 15 FEBRUARY 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI.