World War II Honoree

Edward Charles Goulder

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Corsicana, Texas

Honored By

Janette M. Goulder Frick

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED JANUARY 1943 AND TRAINED AS ORDNANCEMAN IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. SERVED AS SHIP GUNNER IN PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, MARIANA ISLANDS, MARSHALL ISLANDS, GILBERT ISLANDS AND FIJI ISLANDS. WHILE MANNING THE SHIP GUN DURING BATTLE FOR ROI-NAMUR IN MARSHALL ISLANDS, HE WAS HIT BY SHRAPNEL FROM BOMB DROPPED ON ENEMY AMMUNITION DUMP ON THE ISLAND BUT CONTINUED TO MAN THE SHIP GUN.