Pvt. Simon Goodman

Serial #:

35897703

Age:

Place of Birth:

Indianapolis, Indiana

Unit:

175th Infantry Regiment (Company F), 29th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

July 30, 1944

Hebrew Date of Death:

Circumstances of Death:

Fatally wounded during his Division's advance toward the strategic city of Vire, France, in the mission to push back the German line after the Normandy invasion

Awards:

Purple Heart

Place of Burial:

Brittany American Cemetery (Plot L, Row 18, Grave 4), Montjoie Saint Martin, France

Date of Headstone Change:

May 29, 2023

Guardians of Heroes:

Kenny and Janet Hoffman & Sam and Debbie Moed