World War II Honoree

Donald F. Goetz

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Defiance, Iowa

Honored By

Helen Schmitz

Relationship

Sister

SERVED MARCH 13, 1944 TO HONORABLE DISCHARGE; NOVEMBER 30, 1945 AS A CLERK TYPIST. SERVED WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY NUMBER 1, INFANTRY REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER. FOUGHT IN RHINELAND CAMPAIGN; FALL 1944. FOUGHT IN BATTLE OF THE BULGE, ARDENNES, AND BELGIUM; DECEMBER 1944. TAKEN PRISONER AT ARDENNES AND WAS A PRISONER OF WAR IN DRESDEN, GERMANY FROM DECEMBER 19, 1944 TO MAY, 1945. RECEIVED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PURPLE HEART MEDAL WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND 1 OVERSEAS SERVICE BAR. RIFLE MARKSMAN.