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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Angus R. Goss

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Tampa, Florida

Honored By

John Peterson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS AND THE UNITED KINGDOMS CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN COMBAT ON TULAGI 10 AUGUST 1942. ALTHOUGH SEVERELY WOUNDED BY A GRENADE EXPLOSION, HE IGNORED ENEMY MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE, CHARGING INTO A CAVE WHERE THE ENEMY WAS ENTRENCHED AND SINGLE HANDEDLY DESTROYED THE JAPANESE WITH A SUB-MACHINE GUN. USS GOSS DE-444 WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR.