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TEC 4 Leo Walter Goers

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TEC 4 Leo Walter Goers

Birth
Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Death
29 Oct 1944 (aged 27)
Netherlands
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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TEC 4, GOERS, Leo Walter
Service number: 37174737
Age: 27
Born: 24 May 1917, Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota
Hometown: Mendota, Minnesota

Family:
Frank W. Goers (father)
Anna Marie Elizabeth (nee Schade) Goers (mother)
William J. Goers (brother)
Henry Carl Goers (brother)
Theodore W. Goers (brother)
Fred W. Goers (brother)
Walter Fred Goers (brother)
Anna F. Goers/Kahl (sister)
Frank August Goers (brother)
Lydia Ella Goers/Krech (sister)
Frances Ida Goers/Schrader (sister)
Emilie Elizabeth Goers/Rucinski (sister)
Harold Herman Goers (brother)
Carl Goers F (brother)
Edward Fred Goers (brother)
Loretta (nee Letendre) Goers (wife)

Rank: Technician Fourth Class
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company C Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Last known duty In the vicinity the Meijel-Asten road, Holland
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten

date of enlistment:
Other information: TECH 4 Leo W. Goers enlisted before he married his fiancee, Loretta Letendre. After the wedding, at the end of his leave he was sent to Holland.
His wife Loretta entered a convent and later spent two years in Asia doing charitable work during the Vietnam war.
The Vasatka-Goers VFW Post in Mendota was named after him.
TEC 4, GOERS, Leo Walter
Service number: 37174737
Age: 27
Born: 24 May 1917, Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota
Hometown: Mendota, Minnesota

Family:
Frank W. Goers (father)
Anna Marie Elizabeth (nee Schade) Goers (mother)
William J. Goers (brother)
Henry Carl Goers (brother)
Theodore W. Goers (brother)
Fred W. Goers (brother)
Walter Fred Goers (brother)
Anna F. Goers/Kahl (sister)
Frank August Goers (brother)
Lydia Ella Goers/Krech (sister)
Frances Ida Goers/Schrader (sister)
Emilie Elizabeth Goers/Rucinski (sister)
Harold Herman Goers (brother)
Carl Goers F (brother)
Edward Fred Goers (brother)
Loretta (nee Letendre) Goers (wife)

Rank: Technician Fourth Class
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company C Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Last known duty In the vicinity the Meijel-Asten road, Holland
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten

date of enlistment:
Other information: TECH 4 Leo W. Goers enlisted before he married his fiancee, Loretta Letendre. After the wedding, at the end of his leave he was sent to Holland.
His wife Loretta entered a convent and later spent two years in Asia doing charitable work during the Vietnam war.
The Vasatka-Goers VFW Post in Mendota was named after him.

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  • Maintained by: Son of the 7th
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56299126/leo_walter-goers: accessed ), memorial page for TEC 4 Leo Walter Goers (24 May 1917–29 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56299126, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Son of the 7th (contributor 47067117).