Walter Staton Goddard/Godard
(1891-1918)
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Gravestone, Private Walter Staton Goddard, Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waragem, West Flanders, Belgium
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waragem, West Flanders, Belgium
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waragem, West Flanders, Belgium
Flanders Field
Flanders Field
Memorial stone at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, NC
Sibling List
Walter Staton Goddard/Godard
[The surname is Goddard in some records and Godard in others. It is not known if Private Walter Staton Goddard ever lived or worked in Cleveland. His connection to Cleveland appears to be through his brother who was living here. ]
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 7/21/1889 or 1891, Washington, North Carolina
Birth: 7/21/1889 or 1891, Washington, North Carolina
Address: only address found was that of his brother Irvin Fulford Goddard, c/o Stocks Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio [may be Stockbridge Hotel which was built in 1911 at 3328 Euclid Ave. as apartments for wealthy tenants]
Demographics: no draft registration found; age 25 at enlistment on 6/20/1916 at Edenton, North Carolina, at which time he lived in Hertford, NC; Caucasian; native-born citizen
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment see above; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment see above; rank Private
Service Number: 1316267
Deployment: 5/12/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Laomedon
Action: per findagrave.org Private Walter Staton Goddard served overseas from 5/12/1918 to 9/1/1918 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium; Co I, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
Death: September 1, 1918 at Lys, Belgium; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 1, 1918 at Lys, Belgium; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 9/2/1918 buried at Nine Elms British Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium; final burial 6/17/1922 at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waragem, West Flanders, Belgium, Plot C Row 2 Grave 12. A memorial stone was also placed at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, NC.
Burial: 9/2/1918 buried at Nine Elms British Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium; final burial 6/17/1922 at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waragem, West Flanders, Belgium, Plot C Row 2 Grave 12. A memorial stone was also placed at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, NC.
Next of Kin: Mr. I. F. Goddard, father [sic-brother], c/o Stocks Hotel, Cleveland, OH; per WWI burial card, Ms. Hannah Fulford Goddard of New Rochelle, NY and Hotel Rutledge, New York, NY was listed as Private Walter Staton Goddard's beneficiary (the only surviving sibling)
Additional Information: Both of Private Walter Staton Goddard's parents had died before he deployed for WWI. His mother died in 1917. His brother Irvin Fulford Goddard died 5/24/1918 and Private Walter Staton Goddard died 9/1/1918.
Father: Noah Staton Godard (1845-1895), buried Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, NC; Mother: Fanny Fulford Godard (1857-1917), born North Carolina, per 1900 Census living with her children and other family members in her mother's home in North Carolina, buried Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, NC; Siblings: see sibling list at left, which may be incomplete.
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