Lyman Goen was the son of Rufus and Halcyon Goen; he was born on December 29, 1897 in Bedford, Indiana. He was a laborer.
He enlisted in the Regular Army on August 3, 1915 in Bedford, Indiana and was assigned to Company G, 9th Infantry. He saw service on the Mexican Border. He embarked for overseas on June 14, 1917. He was engaged in the battles of Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He died of pneumonia on November 29, 1918 in France. 1
There is a cenotaph for Sergeant Goen at the World War Memorial, Beech Grove Cemetery, Bedford, Indiana.
“A letter received here this morning by friends from Rufus Goen formerly of this city, but who went to Newcastle last fall to work, states that he is in receipt of a telegram from Washington of the death of his son, Lyman, who died November 10th in France of bronchial pneumonia.
“The young man enlisted in the service early, being among the first to go to France and was with General Pershing from the time he arrived up to his illness and his death that followed the day before peace was declared.” 2
1. "Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War," Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921., p. 353.
2. Lawrence County Museum of History, Genealogy Department, Three Ring Binder Section of Obituaries, Year 1918, “Death of Former Bedford Boy in France Reported in Letter to Father: Was Due to Pneumonia, ” Note: Some editing for accuracy; the obituaries were clipped without the newspaper name or dates attached.
He enlisted in the Regular Army on August 3, 1915 in Bedford, Indiana and was assigned to Company G, 9th Infantry. He saw service on the Mexican Border. He embarked for overseas on June 14, 1917. He was engaged in the battles of Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He died of pneumonia on November 29, 1918 in France. 1
There is a cenotaph for Sergeant Goen at the World War Memorial, Beech Grove Cemetery, Bedford, Indiana.
“A letter received here this morning by friends from Rufus Goen formerly of this city, but who went to Newcastle last fall to work, states that he is in receipt of a telegram from Washington of the death of his son, Lyman, who died November 10th in France of bronchial pneumonia.
“The young man enlisted in the service early, being among the first to go to France and was with General Pershing from the time he arrived up to his illness and his death that followed the day before peace was declared.” 2
1. "Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War," Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921., p. 353.
2. Lawrence County Museum of History, Genealogy Department, Three Ring Binder Section of Obituaries, Year 1918, “Death of Former Bedford Boy in France Reported in Letter to Father: Was Due to Pneumonia, ” Note: Some editing for accuracy; the obituaries were clipped without the newspaper name or dates attached.
Lyman Goen was the son of Rufus and Halcyon Goen; he was born on December 29, 1897 in Bedford, Indiana. He was a laborer.
He enlisted in the Regular Army on August 3, 1915 in Bedford, Indiana and was assigned to Company G, 9th Infantry. He saw service on the Mexican Border. He embarked for overseas on June 14, 1917. He was engaged in the battles of Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He died of pneumonia on November 29, 1918 in France. 1
There is a cenotaph for Sergeant Goen at the World War Memorial, Beech Grove Cemetery, Bedford, Indiana.
“A letter received here this morning by friends from Rufus Goen formerly of this city, but who went to Newcastle last fall to work, states that he is in receipt of a telegram from Washington of the death of his son, Lyman, who died November 10th in France of bronchial pneumonia.
“The young man enlisted in the service early, being among the first to go to France and was with General Pershing from the time he arrived up to his illness and his death that followed the day before peace was declared.” 2
1. "Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War," Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921., p. 353.
2. Lawrence County Museum of History, Genealogy Department, Three Ring Binder Section of Obituaries, Year 1918, “Death of Former Bedford Boy in France Reported in Letter to Father: Was Due to Pneumonia, ” Note: Some editing for accuracy; the obituaries were clipped without the newspaper name or dates attached.
He enlisted in the Regular Army on August 3, 1915 in Bedford, Indiana and was assigned to Company G, 9th Infantry. He saw service on the Mexican Border. He embarked for overseas on June 14, 1917. He was engaged in the battles of Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He died of pneumonia on November 29, 1918 in France. 1
There is a cenotaph for Sergeant Goen at the World War Memorial, Beech Grove Cemetery, Bedford, Indiana.
“A letter received here this morning by friends from Rufus Goen formerly of this city, but who went to Newcastle last fall to work, states that he is in receipt of a telegram from Washington of the death of his son, Lyman, who died November 10th in France of bronchial pneumonia.
“The young man enlisted in the service early, being among the first to go to France and was with General Pershing from the time he arrived up to his illness and his death that followed the day before peace was declared.” 2
1. "Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War," Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921., p. 353.
2. Lawrence County Museum of History, Genealogy Department, Three Ring Binder Section of Obituaries, Year 1918, “Death of Former Bedford Boy in France Reported in Letter to Father: Was Due to Pneumonia, ” Note: Some editing for accuracy; the obituaries were clipped without the newspaper name or dates attached.
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LYMAN GOENS
SERGT. 28 INF. 1 DIV
INDIANA NOV.29.1918
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The cemetery grave stone misspells his name as Lyman Goens.
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