Name:
Earl Otto Gooding
Rank:
Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
324th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1945-04-09
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Knights of Pythias Cemetery, Indiana
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (unit medal)
Comments:
Lt Earl Otto Gooding, pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt, took off from Y-2 Lunéville airfield on a sortie to harass German troops ahead of Patton’s 3rd Army where he would crash to his death.