Hoyt T. Goodale
Killed In Action

First Lieutenant Hoyt T. Goodale, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Goodale of Spartanburg was killed in action in Belgium, January 30, according to a message received by his wife, Mrs. Marion Hatchette Goodale of Spartanburg.

Lieutenant Goodale was with a parachute infantry company of an airborne division. He had been in service three years and overseas 13 months.

Prior to entering service he was employed at the Spartanburg post office. He held the Purple Heart and Presidential Citation.

The nephew of S. O. Goodale of Columbia, he spent his boyhood here and attended Columbia high school.

Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by two sisters, Ann and Rebecca Goodale and a brother Pfc Francis T. Goodale of Camp Gordon, Johnston, Fla.

[The State, Columbia, SC, February 21, 1945, courtesy of Mike Mitchell]

Goodale Fate
Is Learned

A. T. Goodale of Spartanburg, Route 6, has received a letter from Col Ray [sic] E. Lindquist  in which he expressed his sympathy in the death of his son First Lt. Hoyt T. Goodale, who was killed in action in France [sic] on January 28, 1945.
   The letter stated: "Hoyt joined us just after our activation at Camp Blanding, Fla., as you know, and was one of my finest officers.  He was every bit a gentleman as he was a soldier. I well remember the day he was lost to us and I can assure you I felt this loss keenly, even though it cannot compare to the grief and sorrow his death brought to you, his parents.  In your grief you can be proud of him as I and those who served over and under him are proud to have known him and been privileged to serve and fight with him."

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   Mr. Goodale also received a letter from Hoyt's chaplain, James L. Elder of the 508th Regiment.
   Excepts fro, that letter follow:
   "Even had I not received your letter, I would have written you about your son.  In our combat experiences we have lost many officers, but I can assure you that the loss of none has been so generally mourned in the regiment as that of Lt. Goodale. I certainly did known him; have known him in fact, ever since he came to our regiment.  Anything fine that could be said about an officer would be true of Hoyt.  But, as a chaplain, I appreciate other qualities than those that made him a good soldier.  I think the highest tribute I could pay him is to say that any minister would be immeasurably happy to have such a layman in his church.
   "Your son was struck down by bullets from an enemy automatic weapon, and died almost immediately.  His death was the result of a bold and fearless attempt to rescue some of our men who had been taken prisoner by he Germans.  His body was identified and buried in an Army cemetery."
   A son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Goodale, Lt. Goodale entered service in January, 1941 and went overseas in December 1944 [sic].  He served with the 82nd Airborne Division, Paratroopers.

Funeral Tomorrow At Spartanburg For Lt. Goodale
    The body of First Lieutenant Hoyt G Goodale will arrive in Spartanburg at 11:30 this morning for final rites and burial tomorrow at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Goodale of Spartanburg and was killed in action January 28, 1945 near the German-Belgian border. He entered the service January 13, 1942 and trained at Camp [Wheeler?] and Fort Benning, Ga. He was commissioned in September 1942 went overseas in December 1943.

As a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne Division, he took part in the D-Day landings on Normandy, was wounded on July 13, 1944 and hospitalized in England until November of that year when he returned to duty.

He was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and posthumously, the Purple Heart.

He was formerly a resident of Columbia and Hartsville and was a mail carrier in the Spartanburg post-office prior to entering the service. He was a graduate of Boiling Springs high school.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Marion Hatchett Goodale of Spartanburg; his parents; one brother, Francis T. Goodale of Gainesville, Fla.; and two sisters, Miss Rebecca Goodale, and Mrs. Carl Pitts, both of Spartanburg.

Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. W. W. Friday who will be assisted by the Rev. H. B. Watson of Ward. The body will remain at the J. F. Floyd funeral home until the hour of the service.

Pallbearers will be G. C. Green, W. W. Fowler, Fred Keller, Paul Moore, J. Russell Burnett, and W. A. Hartsell

[The State, Columbia, SC, December 15, 1947, Page 2A, courtesy of Mike Mitchell]