Name:
Henry Stanley “Steve” Golas
Rank:
First Sergeant
Serial Number:
31061151
Unit:
2nd Ranger Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Rhode Island
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
J
Row:
6
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Henry Stanley “Steve” Golas, from Providence County, Rhode Island, was born on January 9, 1918, in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Henry had one year of high school and had a civil occupation as a Guard. He was single without dependents upon enlistment. He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1942. He served in Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion, as a First Sergeant during World War II. 1Sgt Golas was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944, at the age of 26, at Pointe de la Percée, during the American assault on Omaha beach in France. He is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.