World War II Honoree

Charles Eugene Goff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Girard, Kansas

Honored By

Colleen Huf

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE SEPTEMBER 19, 1942. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT IN THE ARMY WITH THE 166TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTALION BATTERY C ON DECEMBER 29, 1945. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC FOR 40 MONTHS OF WHICH 27 MONTHS WERE IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE. AWARDED 4 BATTLE STARS ON SERVICE RIBBONS, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, THE AMERICAN SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, LIBERATION RIBBON WITH BRONZE STAR AND A SHARPSHOOTER MEDAL. RADAR OPERATOR PLOTTING AND READING POLAR AND RECTANGULAR COORDINATE AND CONVERTING POLAR COORDINATE TO RECTANGULAR COORDINATES, AND KEEPING THE OSCILLOSCOPES IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION.