Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Goodman, Vernon W April 19, 1945
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Latrobe Bulletin  Fri, May 04, 1945 ·Page 1
Pfc. Vernon Goodman Killed In Germany 
Pfc. Vernon Goodman. aged 25 years, was killed in action in Germany, according
to the War Department telegram received by his wife, Mrs. Erma Harr Goodman, of
east of Youngstown, along the old Lincoln Highway. News that he had been killed
was published yesterday and further details were learned today. The telegram
received yesterday afternoon stated that the holder of the Purple Heart and the
Infantryman's Combat Medal, had been killed on April 19, just one year lacking
one week after his entrance into the armed forces on April 26 of last year. A
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Goodman, of near Correll's store, Pfc. Goodman was a
baker for the Gartmann Baking Co. before entering service. He arrived in England
on Dec. 1, 1944, from where be went to France, Belgium, Luxembourg and finally
Germany where be was attached to the 76th Division of Patton's Third Army. In
addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by two daughters, Judith, aged
4 years, and Linda, aged 3 years: two brothers: Fred E. Goodman and Harry
Goodman, both of Latrobe RD 1: and two sisters, the Misses Cecelia and Wilma
Goodman, both at home and employed at the G. C. Murphy Co. store in Latrobe. 

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