Howard Kenneth Goodman (1918 - 1944)

Born 7 Mar 1918 in Trenton, NJ, USA

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Died 7 Jan 1944 at age 25 in Cape Gloucester, New Britain

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Biography

Then there was 'Barney O'Goodman.' The records list him as 'Captain Howard K. Goodman, a New York lawyer, but they called him Barney O'Goodman because he could sing more Irish songs than any man in the regiment. They called him 'Bugle Boy', too, because he blew his company's calls in camp. It was the only company in the Marine Corps with a captain for a bugler. It was pretty much a company secret."++

Awarded a Silver Star for heroism on Guadalcanal. He was killed on Cape Gloucester because he exposed himself to spot the enemy rather than order one of his men to do it.++

Sources

+ My mother, Ruth Goodman Passel. ++ Asa Bordages, Technical Sergeant, U. S. Marine Corps, "From SUICIDE CREEK," Collier's magazine, June 2, 1945.