Marvin Lawson Gooden
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on 3 February 1945 near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany in B-17 'Maude an Maria' #42-97387.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32962155
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37619842
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2060092
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fillmore, Ventura County, California | 14 March 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Fresno, CA | 12 March 1943 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kahlstorf, Germany | 3 February 1945 | near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany in B-17 #42-97387 “Maude an Maria” |
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Buried |
4 February 1945 | at the Lehmke cemetery, Germany | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Bardsdale Cemetery, Fillmore, CA | After the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Marvin Gooden rests at the Bardsdale Cemetery in Fillmore, Ventura County, California | |
| Fillmore, California |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12214 / MACR 12214, Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld with picture of some crew members on p. 115 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database