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2LT William Crosland “Billy” Goldberg Sr.

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Birth	:	25 Jan 1917 Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	15 Feb 1972 Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.6278000, -79.6769028
Description	:	"YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN" ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ William C. Goldberg was the beloved son of Edward Hammett Goldberg and Margaret Cobb Goldberg. Bill was born on Jan. 25, 1917 in Bennettsville, Marlboro Co., SC and died on Feb. 15, 1972 in Bennettsville, Marlboro Co., SC at the age of 55. William Crosland Goldberg was married to Lillian Huggins Goldberg. William Goldberg was a Former State Senator and WWII Veteran. 2LT Goldberg was the sole survivor of a B-24 crew and survived as a POW in a German prison camp for 18 months near Barth, Germany, a town on... Read More	"YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN" ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ William C. Goldberg was the beloved son of Edward Hammett Goldberg and Margaret Cobb Goldberg. Bill was born on Jan. 25, 1917 in Bennettsville, Marlboro Co., SC and died on Feb. 15, 1972 in Bennettsville, Marlboro Co., SC at the age of 55. William Crosland Goldberg was married to Lillian Huggins Goldberg. William Goldberg was a Former State Senator and WWII Veteran. 2LT Goldberg was the sole survivor of a B-24 crew and survived as a POW in a German prison camp for 18 months near Barth, Germany, a town on the Baltic Sea in the current state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He was assigned to the 450th BG 721st BS. 2LT William Goldberg became a POW on 21 Jan 1944, while flying aboard 41-28592. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG1X-1J3 ********************************** Children of William C. Goldberg and Lillian Higgins Goldberg: 1. William Crosland Goldberg Jr., b: Dec. 23, 1948, d: Mar. 7, 2006. 2. Susan Goldberg Henderson ...Jane Cobb Henderson (grandchild) 3. Richard Cobb Goldberg ******************************** MILITARY SERVICE RECORD Name: William C. Goldberg Name (Original): GOLDBERG WILLIAM C. Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 11 May 1942 Event Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Race: White Citizenship Status: citizen Birth Year: 1917 Birthplace: SOUTH CAROLINA Education Level: 4 years of college Civilian Occupation: Lawyers and judges Marital Status: Single, without dependents Military Rank: Private Army Branch: Air Corps Army Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status) Source Reference: Civil Life Serial Number: 14100757 Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923 Box Film Number: 01572.14 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LB-3PH ******************************** AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: 1. Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 4 battle stars 2. Prisoner of War Medal 3. Purple Heart Medal 4. Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters ******************************** William C. Goldberg Obituary - 1972 Name: Former State Senator William C. Goldberg, Sr. Parents: Dr. E. H. and Margaret Cobb Goldberg Spouse: Lillian Huggins Goldberg Date of Birth/Age: Age 55 Date of Death: Tuesday Place of Death: Bennettsville Place of Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery (WW II Veteran and POW) Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Dillon, SC, Thursday, February 17, 1972, page 1, col. 7 & 8 Extracts from Obituaries Published in The Dillon Herald, Dillon, SC 1972 http://www.helenslittlecorner.net/ Extracts1972.htm ******************************** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW William Crosland Goldberg 1917-1972 William Crosland Goldberg was born in Bennettsville, the son of Dr. Edward Hammett Goldberg and Margaret Cobb Goldberg. He was educated at the University of South Carolina, where he received an A.B. in 1939 and an LL.B. degree in 1941. He was also admitted to the Bar in 1941. He practiced in Bennettsville with the firm of Goldberg, Cottingham and Easterling. He volunteered for the Air Force in 1942 and was a bombardier navigator until his discharge as a First Lieutenant in 1945. He was shot down over the Mediterranean and was the sole survivor of a B-24 crew. He was held in a German prison camp for 18 months and upon release was awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal, Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon and four battle stars. His accomplishments include being State Representative from 1949-50, State Senator, 1952-62 and delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1960. He was the Director of the Citizens State Bank, Marlboro Building and Loan Association, and the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the South Carolina National Bank Advisor Board, Chairman of the Marlboro County Development Board and a Mason at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He was an able advocate, trusted counsellor, useful citizen, loyal friend, and devoted family man. His keen sense of humor, integrity and personality earned the affection and respect of Bench and Bar. He married Lillian Huggins and had three children, William Crosland Goldberg, Jr., Susan Goldberg Henderson, Richard Cobb Goldberg. One grandchild, Jane Cobb Henderson. http://www.law.sc.edu/memory/1983/ goldbergwc.shtml ******************************** UNIVERSITY SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY PROGRAM, 2014 William C. Goldberg papers, 1939-1992;. Goldberg, William C., 1917-1972. Correspondence, mailing labels used to send packages to the prison camp, his 1939 USC diploma and an essay, "Barth Concentration Camp"; and 200 photographs documenting Goldberg's training and service in World War II, and his time as a POW while incarcerated in northern Germany. Two hundred photographs, printed eight per sheet, show life in a German prison camp. During his time as a prisoner in Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany, Goldberg kept a wartime log. He listed the names of prisoners from North and South Carolina; gave detailed accounts of the capture of his fellow prisoners; included original cartoons, and recipes used by the men in food preparation. Several issues of the prison camp "newspaper" survive in this collection. William C. Goldberg Papers, South Carolina Library, University of South Carolina. Native of Bennettsville (Marlboro County, S.C.); graduate of University of South Carolina: AB in 1939 and a LL.B degree in 1941; during World War II, volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942; served as a bombardier-navigator. Shot down over the Mediterranean, Goldberg was the sole survivor of a B-24 crew and survived as a POW in a German prison camp for 18 months near Barth, Germany, a town on the Baltic Sea in the current state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ collection/data/869214780 University of South Carolina (ARCHIVEGRID) ******************************** William Goldberg United States Census, 1920 Name William Goldberg Event Type Census Event Date 1920 Event Place Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States Gender Male Age 2 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Birth Year (Estimated) 1918 Birthplace South Carolina Father's Birthplace New York Mother's Birthplace North Carolina Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 7 HOUSEHOLD, ROLE, GENDER, AGE, BIRTHPLACE Edward H. Goldberg Head M 44 New York Margaret A. Goldberg Wife F 38 North Carolina Edward H. Goldberg Son M 14 South Carolina Cobb R. Goldberg Son M 12 South Carolina Alice E. Goldberg Daughter F 9 South Carolina William Goldberg Son M 2 South Carolina https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Z5-SDH ******************************** William Goldberg United States Census, 1930 Name William Goldberg Event Type Census Event Date 1930 Event Place Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States Gender Male Age 13 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Birth Year (Estimated) 1917 Birthplace South Carolina Father's Birthplace New York Mother's Birthplace South Carolina Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 3 HOUSEHOLD, ROLE, GENDER, AGE, BIRTHPLACE Edward Goldberg Head M 54 New York Maggie Goldberg Wife F 48 North Carolina Edward Goldberg Jr. Son M 24 South Carolina Cobb Goldberg Son M 21 South Carolina Alice Goldberg Daughter F 19 South Carolina William Goldberg Son M 13 South Carolina Joseph Cobb Father M 81 North Carolina https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPCB-V6Y ******************************** William Goldberg United States Census, 1940 Name William Goldberg Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Ward 2, Bennettsville, School District 10 Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States Gender Male Age 22 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Relationship to Head of Household Son Birthplace South Carolina Birth Year (Estimated) 1918 Last Place of Residence Same House HOUSEHOLD, ROLE, GENDER, AGE, BIRTHPLACE Edward Goldberg Head M 64 New York Maggie Goldberg Wife F 58 North Carolina Alice Goldberg Daughter F 28 South Carolina William Goldberg Son M 22 South Carolina https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4DY-PQ1 ******************************** PFC Duncan Norris saved the life of Lieutenant Billy Goldberg while they were in captivity as prisoners of war. The Germans were going to shoot Lieutenant Goldberg for being a Jew. PFC Norris stopped the Germans by telling them that he grew up with Billy Goldberg and knew him personally and that he was not a Jew but was adopted by a Jewish family and if they were to shoot him that they would be making a grave mistake. Because of what PFC Norris said to the Germans, they did not kill Lieutenant Goldberg. POW: Duncan C. Norris, Jr. (Fellow Prisoner of War) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133463284 ******************************** FOLD3 HONOR PAGE TO 2LT WILLIAM CROSLAND GOLBERG https://www.fold3.com/page/84022242_ william_c_goldberg/?msg=addmore **********************************

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Where is 2LT William Crosland “Billy” Goldberg Sr.'s memorial?
2LT William Crosland “Billy” Goldberg Sr.'s memorial is located at: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA.
When did 2LT William Crosland “Billy” Goldberg Sr. death?
2LT William Crosland “Billy” Goldberg Sr. death on 15 Feb 1972 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Where are the coordinates of the 2LT William Crosland “Billy” Goldberg Sr.'s memorial?
Latitude: 34.6278000
Longitude: -79.6769028

Family Members:

Parent

Dr Edward Hammett Goldberg III

(1875 - 1950)

Margaret Alice “Maggie” Cobb Goldberg

(1881 - 1980)

Spouse

Lillian Huggins Goldberg

(1921 - 2010)

Siblings

Dr Edward Hammett Goldberg Jr.

(1904 - 1977)

PVT Cobb Richard Goldberg

(1908 - 1994)

Alice Elizabeth Goldberg

(1910 - 1972)

Children

William Crosland Goldberg Jr.

(1948 - 2006)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oak Ridge Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6279400, -79.6768700

2. Moore Cemetery
Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6273717, -79.6759717

3. Garner Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6258390, -79.6772460

4. McCall Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6258011, -79.6753006

5. First United Methodist Church of Bennettsville
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6184807, -79.6802673

6. Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6398000, -79.6701100

7. Ideal Cemetery
Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6397018, -79.6691971

8. Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6149350, -79.6879120

9. Old Galilean Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6084353, -79.6765526

10. Word of Life Memorial Garden
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6375080, -79.6556870

11. Evergreen Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6082993, -79.6860962

12. Pearce Cemetery
Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6574160, -79.6778270

13. Sunset Memorial Park
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6082993, -79.7078018

14. Beauty Spot Cemetery
Tatum, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6244011, -79.6335983

15. Jones Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6666470, -79.6804640

16. Parrish Family Cemetery
Marlboro, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5875400, -79.6382900

17. Level Green Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6627998, -79.7232971

18. Easterling Cemetery #1
Tatum, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6515820, -79.6205080

19. Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery
Lester, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6771100, -79.6527900

20. Old Smyrna Church Cemetery
Lester, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6795400, -79.6608900

21. Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5750040, -79.6671970

22. Berea Memorial Garden
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5746900, -79.6680670

23. Ammons Family Cemetery
Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6276700, -79.6116500

24. Lester Cemetery
Lester, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6786200, -79.6513700