World War II (1939-1945) a global military conflict was the most devastating war in human history. It began as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world.

If you have information regarding an ancestor's participation in this or any other war and his/her name is missing from the list below, please contact me. EvelynGobleSteen@gmail.com

The listing below includes, name - birth date - service - and source of information (when available).

• ANDERSEN, Hans Peter - August 23, 1911 - World War II - U. S. N. R. - (husband of Helen Janet (11) Hickson)
  
• ANDERSEN, Raymond Leroy - August 15, 1920 - U. S. Army1.43-11/45, Air Force 6/51-11/52 - (husband of Marion Justine (11) Price)
  
• BIGGER, Charles Edward (11) - December 4, 1916 - World War II -
  
• BRAGG, Richard Harlan - July 12, 1921 - World War II - (husband of Doris Anne (12) Fitzsimons)
  
• BURNS, Robert Bruce (12) - March 26, 1920 - He joined the RCAF before Pearl Harbor. He transferred to the USAF after the attack. Maureen Van Hoven
  
• CLEMENT, Gordon Millard - May 31, 1922 - Ens. USNR World War II, USS Minneapolis - (husband of Priscilla Grace (11) Alden)
  
• CREES, Charles Earl (11) - April 29, 1910 - World War II, European theater -
  
• CRERAR, Headrick A. - April 28, 1909 - World War II - (husband of Marion Rose (10) Goble)
  
• DAVIS, Clayton Eugene - B. Aug. 20, 1924 - Served in the Navy in World War II. Stationed at Treasure Island, Calif. on the USS Palomas, a radar training ship (yacht with sails). He was the husband of Emma Jean (11) Goble Davis. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• DOMURAT, Ted W. - B. May 5, l914 - He served in the Army during World War II. He was the husband of Hazel Irene (11) Goble Domurat. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• DOMURAT, Hazel Irene (11) Goble - B. July 12, 1914 - She was not in the service. - She worked as a welder in Rheem's Bomb Factory in Chicago. She was their Dec. 1942 cover girl. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• FRIEND, Walter Phillips - April 14, 1927 - Served between 1944 and 1946 in the U. S. Coast Guard in World War II - (husband of Ellen Rose (11) Cox)
  
• FRYE, Beverly Earl - December 22, 1928 - U. S. Army - (husband of Marjorie Erlaine (11) Goble)
  
• GOBEL, George Leslie - May 20, 1919 - Served during World War II between 1944 and 1945. Entertainer - Commedian - Death Certificate
  
• GOBLE, Addison Spence, III (Unconnected Tree) - 11 Feb 1927 - Enlisted in US Army Reserve 6/3/1944 age 17 while in high school. Assigned 7/5/1944 to Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP) in basic engineering for nine months at Princeton University. Assigned 4/1945 to Infantry Basic training. Assigned 6/1945 to ASTP in electrical engineering for 3 months at North Carolina State. Assigned 10/1945 Central Signal Corps School, Camp Crowder, MO. Assigned 1/1945 Signal Corps Officer Candidate School, Fort Monmouth, NJ. Commissioned May 16, 1946 Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps. Assigned to 3181st Signal Service Bn.on Okinawa until April 1947. Discharged at Camp Stoneman, Calif May 1947. Also served in the Korean War. Addison S. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Albert - ? - SID:36579578 Entered the Service From: Wayne Co., Michigan, Rank: Private First Class, Service: U.S. Army, 424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division, Died: Saturday, December 16, 1944 Buried at: Ardennes American Cemetery, Location: Neupre (Neuville-en-Condroz), Belgium Plot: A Row: 34 Grave: 9, Awards: Purple Heart National Archives & Reocrds Administration War Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Albert Calvin (11) - March 16, 1925 - Served in the Navy in World War II as motor machinist in Acorn 49 on the Pacific Island of Saipan. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• GOBLE, Allen Dale - Dec 30, 1924 - World War II - Devon Barry Goble
  
• GOBLE, Alan Franklin - Oregon - Avaition Electrician's Mate 2nd Class U. S. Navy Reserve. Killed in action March 19, 1945. Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal. - World War II Index - SierraHome, National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Arnold E. "Pete" (9) - January 26, 1911 - Veteran of World War II - U. S. Navy. - He served aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific and ran a little tailor shop aboard the big ship. He saw action from the Marshalls to Okinawa.Obituary
  
• GOBLE, Arthur Lawrence - ? - Headquarters Company, 2nd battalion, 112th infantry. Served December 10, 1942 to October 5, 1945. Served at Camp Grant, Normandy, northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, central Europe.National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Benjamin E - ? - Served in the U.S. Army from Pt Pleasant, NJ. Took part in the battles of Normandy and southern France. Scout and observer.National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Bernard (10) - ? - U. S. Army, World War II - Gary L. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Bert German Tree - 1931 - Served as SSG, ID: 35208406, U.S. Army from Floyd County, KY.
  
• GOBLE, Boyd Vance English Tree -Served in the U.S. Army. Born Jan 1, 1912, died Dec 13, 1997. From Utah. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
  
• GOBLE, Carl R. - Served in the U.S. Army from Burlington, Iowa. He was in Company C, 314th Medical Battalion. Went to Europe in January 1945 and served from April 5, 1943 to February 6, 1946.National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Cecil Henry - May 29, 1918 in Des Moines County, IA - Died March 17, 1945 in Germany, the first casualty from the State of Iowa - Susan Carnes; National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles A - From Wichita Kansas. Served in the U. S. Army. National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles Andrew - ? - Served in the 383rd Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army from Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles Arthur (11) - 11 Dec 1918 - Served in the U.S. Army from Coldwater, MI. Pacific Theatre, New Guinea, from 1942-1945. Wounded in action December 26, 1942 and June 4, 1944.National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles Edwin - From Ellijay, Georgia served in the U. S. Army. He was wounded in Germany. National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles E. - From Miami County, Indiana served as a TEC5 in the U. S. Army. ID:35580150. He was Killed in Action.National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles Glenn - German Tree - 1904 - Served in the U.S. Marine Corps from Coyle, Oklahoma. He served in the Pacific Theater. National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Charles Guthrie - Enlisted for the duration of the War plus 6 months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law; Served in the US Army; Warrant Officer, Rank:Private - Steven Craig Goble
  
• GOBLE, Charles Joseph (11) - B. Mar. 9, 1929 - Served with 453rd Construction Engineers in Korean War. He rebuilt railroad bridges in Korea and helped construct POW compounds on the Island of Cheju. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• GOBLE, Charles Leroy "Chuck" - April 6, 1923 - U. S. Army, World War II - Janice Lower Meyer
  
• GOBLE, Charles Lloyd (12) born 11/27/1908, died 5/6/1987 - US Army, January 1944 to January 1946. Rank: T-4 (Mess Sgt). Served in Belgium and Germany as a Mess Sgt for a Railroad Battalion which moved troops and supplies to and from the front lines. Charles Orr (13) Goble
  
• GOBLE, Claude William (10) born Oct 1, 1920 - Served in the U.S. Army from 1940-1944 and a member of the 82nd. Air Bourne Division. Thomas W. (11) Goble
  
• GOBLE, Conley - b.Sept.17, 1915 - U.S. Army, World War II - Linda Conley
  
• GOBLE, David Eugene - Southern Goble Tree - 10 Dec 1921 - Served as a PFC in the U.S. Army from Alexander Co., North Carolina. Killed in Action. National Archives & Records Administration, Navy Department Files.
  
• GOBLE, Delbert D. - b. about 1917 - Eighth (8th) Air Force Flight Crew called "Round Trip" - Lt. Waist Gunner--S/Sgt. from Burnet, Texas Photograph of the flight crew provided by Karen (McCullough) Kidd, daughter of one of the crew.
  
• GOBLE, Don D. - From Walla Walla Co., Washington - Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, ID: 0-746511. Killed in action in Luxembourg March 3, 1944. Awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. - World War II Index - SierraHome - U.S. Air Force Military Heritage Database
  
• GOBLE, Edward Earl (9) - January 17, 1896 - Entered Marines at age 47 (about 1943) World War II, PFC guarding/transp. prisoners. He was the oldest man to go through Marine boot camp in the war. - Michaele Kehrt
  
• GOBLE, Edward George(11) - June 13, 1917 - U. S. Army (enlisted in April 1942), Served in Northern Luzon, P.I. Tech Sergeant. He was a mortar gunner in "E" Company of the 32d (Red Arrow) Division's 126th Infantry Regiment. He received the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with four Battle Stars, the Philippines Liberation Medal with one star, and the Combat Infantryman Badge. - Maxine (Greene) Goble
  
• GOBLE, Erskin - April 11, 1920 - Served in the U. S. Navy, World War II - Sherry Goble
  
• GOBLE, Erwin Clyde (11) - May 21, 1916 - U. S. Army World War II -
  
• GOBLE, Elvis JR - World War II POW - Army Infantry Private from Arkansas reported in 1943. Served in North African Theatre: Tunisia. "Individual has been reported through sources considered official." He was held in GERMANY Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17. World War II Prisoners of War Data File
  
• GOBLE, Forrest C - World War II POW - Army Field Artillery Staff Sergeant. Reported in 1944. Missing from European Theatre: Belgium. "Individual has been reported through sources considered official." He was held in GERMANY Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria 50-10. World War II Prisoners of War Data File
  
• GOBLE, Francis (10) - December 25, 1923 - U. S. Army World War II - Gary L. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Francis Waldron (11) - March 30, 1911 - Enlisted in Kansas. Technician Grade Five, 70th Tank Battallion. Missing in action in Normandy France June 6, 1944. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal.World War II Index - SierraHome
  
• GOBLE, Franklin (10) - December 25, 1923 - U. S. Airforce, World War II - Gary L. Goble
  
• GOBLE, George Washington (10) - February 2, 1922 - PFC Military Railway Div. U.S. Army World War II in N.Africa, Italy, France, Germany -
  
• GOBLE, Grandville Corban Southern Goble Tree - February 12, 1911 - Enlisted in October 1969 in the U. S. Army. Taught reading and writing to many illiterate recruits. Called to Europe and served with the 5th Army commanded by Gen. Mark Clarke in the assault on Italy. As a battlefield medic in the Italian campaign he was awarded the Bronze Star and battlefield commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged in 1944. - (src1)Corban Goble. (src2)The Oak Ridger Online- Community News
  
• GOBLE, Harold Leon (11) - July 18, 1910 - Served in the Navy in World War II as motor machinist on an air base on the Pacific Island of Guam. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• GOBLE, Harold M. "Barney" - ? - Navy veteran of World War II. Served on the Submarine USS Guardfish. - Obituary
  
• GOBLE, Harry Ennis Southern Goble Tree - August 8, 1924 - U. S. Marine Corp during World War II, VMS 215 WW2 - Harry Ennis Goble
  
• GOBLE, Harry Ivan (11) - January 7, 1914 - U.S. Navy from Mar 30, 1944-Jan 10, 1946 -
  
• GOBLE, Herman John - April 27, 1917 - 3rd Class Petty Officer in U.S. Navy, Diesel Mechanic on a Landing Craft of the USS LaPorte, A.P.A.151. Served in the South Pacific Theater of War, made 2 invasions, Luzon and Okanawa. Discharged from U. S. Navy Hospital, Seattle Washington.
  
• GOBLE, Homer Cedric (11) - February 27, 1917 - World War II -
  
• GOBLE, Howard Pershing (9) - 1918 - Enlisted in May 1944. Served in the U.S. Navy as a Second Class Photographer's Mate and in Pearl Harbor at the Japanese Intelligence Center for Pacific Ocean Areas (JICPOA) near the end of the war. He arrived there after the bombing. He was awarded the WWII Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal. - Wesley Howard Goble
  
• GOBLE, J. Earl - Abt. 1908 - Navy veteran of World War II - Obituary, The Des Moines Register
  
• GOBLE, John Albert (Jack) (10) - May 23, 1907 - World War II - Joanna Myers
  
• GOBLE, Jack Lester (11) - January 17, 1922 - Marine Air Corp., World War II - Cemetery Records Online - Cemeteries and Genealogy
  
• GOBLE, James Linder (10) - Unknown dates - Served in the Army during World War II - Steven Craig Goble
  
• GOBLE, James Francis (11) - June 19, 1922 - U. S. Infantry -
  
• GOBLE, James Irvin (11) - February 27, 1917 - Served in 771st Tank Batt. in World War II. Participated in The Battle of The Bulge and Siegfried Line. Was wounded by a land mine. Received the Purple Heart. - (Src1)Obituary, (Src2)Elsie Goble Smith
  
• GOBLE, James T. (11) - Bet. 1898-1918 - Enlisted in Michigan. U. S. Navy Aviation Radioman 3rd Class. Shot down over the Atlantic October 24, 1944. Monument in Cambridge, England. - World War II Index - SierraHome
  
• GOBLE, John Amos, Jr. (Unconnected Tree) - May 31, 1920 - Enlisted in Illinois. Served as a U.S. Navy Seebee during World War II. Brian Isaacs
  
• GOBLE Joseph E. - 09-03-1910 - Enlisted 05-22-1971. Idaho Tec 4 US Army WW II - Cemetery records, Logan County, Oklahoma
  
• GOBLE, Larmon Francis (11) - June 29, 1916 - Enlisted 1945-1946. World War II - Army Rifleman Sharpshooter, Private. -Military Records
  
• GOBLE, Leslie Lavern (10) - February 4, 1924 - July 4, 1944 Drafted into the U. S. Army. He received the Purple Heart for being wounded March 11, 1945, just before noon, 5 miles North East of Witchlage Germany. - Gary L. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Lloyd Elmer (11) - September 12, 1924 - U . S. Army World War II. Served in France, 144th Infantry - Lloyd Neil Goble
  
• GOBLE, Lloyd Herman (11) - July 21, 1920 - Enlisted 1944-1946 in the U.S. Army (6/1944-2/1946) -
  
• GOBLE, Marion (10) - ? - U. S. Army, World War II - Gary L. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Marion Earnest (11) - May 12, 1919 - Served in a radar branch of The Army Air Force during World War II. He was in the jungles of New Guinea. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• GOBLE, Mary Marie (11) - May 13, 1920 - Served in nursing unit of Armed Forces in World War II in European & Pacific Areas. -
  
• GOBLE, Max Kenzle (11) - August 10, 1920 - Enlisted in 1944 to 1946 in the U.S. Army -
  
• GOBLE, Murrey King - Jan 10, 1917 - In 1943 he was enlisted into the U.S. Army, and served in France during World War II. Discharged in 1946. Obituary
  
• GOBLE, Nelson D. (10) - May 13, 1916 - Merchant Marines in World War II -
  
• GOBLE, Paul Johnson (11) - July 20, 1924 - World War II 3 years as Corporal, draftsman; Korean War 1 year as Sergeant 1st Class -
  
• GOBLE, Radus J. - 4/6/1914 - Served from 3/1944 to 6/1945. S1 U. S. Navy. Served in the South Pacific. The US Navy Memorial Foundation and Naval Heritage Center br>
• GOBLE, Ray D - World War II POW - Army Coast Artillery Corps Corporal from Oklahoma. Reported missing from Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands "Individual has been reported through sources considered official." He was held in JAPAN Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135 World War II Prisoners of War Data File
  
• GOBLE, Raymond Ward (10) - June 28, 1917 - Enlisted June 23, 1942. World War II oversears for 26 months, 1st LT 868 Engr. Avn BN ., Discharged April 1946 -
  
• GOBLE, Richard A. - ? - ? - World War II - Roster of World War II Veterans of Hancock County.
  
• GOBLE, Robert Earl (10) - May 4, 1924 - Enlisted in 1942. Technical Sergeant, member of the 101st Airborne Division. U. S. Army. Participated at Normandy, Holland, Battle of the Bulge and other battles in Europe during World War II, wounded in action and received 2 Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart and more. He was career Army and retired after making the promotion list for light Colonel when he was seriously wounded during a routine nighttime jump on maneuvers in Germany. - Src1 Lorna Hickmott. Src2 Wayne E. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Robert G. - ? - Enlisted in Ohio. U. S. Navy Ship's Clerk 2nd Class. Missing in action February 18, 1944. Monument in Presidio, San Fransisco, CA. - World War II Index - SierraHome
  
• GOBLE, Robert Jr (11) - April 5, 1917 - Military Service: AF4/13/42-3/13/46 Capt Fighter Pilot in the Southwest Pacific. - Personnel knowledge
  
• GOBLE, Robert Wood (10) - Served Nov 03, 1943 - Nov 04, 1945 in the Army as a bomber pilot in the 484th Bomber Squadron. He flew 50 missions over Europe and Africa before returning to the US to train new pilot candidates. Steven Craige Goble
  
• GOBLE, Ross Lawrence - 23 May 1922 - Served 11/02/1938 - 05/31/1947 in the U. S. Navy. He died 03 May 2002 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. - Stephanie Yvonne Goble Wilson and Cemetery Records
  
• GOBLE, Roy H. - ? - Enlisted in Washington. Private First Class 160th Infantry 40th Division. Killed in action February 14, 1945. Monument at Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines. Awarded the Purple Heart. - World War II Index - SierraHome
  
• GOBLE, Thomas Fredrick (10) - March 2, 1910 - U.S. Army - World War II - Joanna Myers
  
• GOBLE, Thomas Sonner (10) - November 17, 1925 - Seaman 1st Class U.S.Navy World War II, Pacific, Austraila At Perth (2 1/2yrs) -
  
• GOBLE, Vernon "Jim" - Abt. 1927 - Coast Guard veteran of World War II - Obituary, The Des Moines Register
  
• GOBLE, Walter Lewis (11) - April 26, 1908 - Marine in World War II in the Pacific -
  
• GOBLE, Wayne Dudley (11) 17 February 1921 - Served the entire war, primarily on the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco. - Uncle of Loren Vinson.
  
• GOBLE, William Jay - Jan 30, 1918 - B-24 Top Turet Gunner in World War II in Italy. - Barry G. Austin
  
• GOBLE, William Thomas - October 26, 1913 - U. S. Army -
  
• GOBLE, Willie W. - October 2, 1911 - U. S. Army - Gail L Herman.
  
• GOBLE, Wood Wheeler (11) - 1914 - Navy Corpsman during WW II and served with the Marines on Guadalcanal. - Sgt. Michael L. Goble
  
• GOBLE, Woodruff W - World War II POW - Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant from New Jersey reported for duty Sep 13, 1944. Served in European Theatre: Germany "Individual has been reported through sources considered official." He was held in GERMANY Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 World War II Prisoners of War Data File
  
• HARRIS, Charles Eugene "Andy" - September 13, 1920 - World War II - Major - (husband of Helen Lucille (11) Tennis) Carl English Porter.
  
• HARRIS, Mary Marie (11) Goble - May 13, 1920 - Served in nursing unit of Armed Forces in World War II in European & Pacific Areas.
  
• HONNOLD, Benjamin Harold (11) - October 7, 1925 - World War II -
  
• HULICK, Willard W. (11) - Jan 25, 1916 - Enlisted May 5, 1945 and was at Okinawa during World War II - Delora Smith.
  
• HUSTON, Jay (10) Goble - April 1913 - U. S. Army - Corban Goble
  
• LANDIS, Kenneth Alan Cline, husband of Helen Rathburn (10) Roe - March 15, 1915 - World War II - Lauren Kay Landis
  
• MCGUIRE, Bill - husband of Gwendolyn Gay Goble (Southern Tree) - ? - World War II - Killed in Action-pilot whose plane crashed in the English Channel in 1942. - Ann Goble.
  
• MILLIORN, PFC William Harmon, son of George Milliorn and Ella Goble and grandson of William Perry and Sarah Ann Goble. - Killed in Belgium December 21,1944. Sharon Goble Myers
  
• MOUGER, Samuel B., husband of June Harper (10) Goble - World War II, U.S.Navy served on a Destroyer Escort in the Pacific, Mechanics mate 1st Cl - Lorna Hickmott and Michaele Kehrt.
  
• PRITCHARD, Guy M., husband of Enid Ethyl (10) Goble - December 12, 1908 - 1st Sgt, World War II, served at German PW camp. - Lloyd Neil Goble
  
• ROSSMAN, Henry - husband of Elizabeth (10) Goble - He was a Captain during World War II, serving 4 years in India - Lorna Hickmott.
  
• TENNIS, Walter Wayne (11) - August 21, 1920 - World War II - Carl English Porter
  
• SMITH, Clifford Riley - B. Mar. 29, 1926 - Served in the Air Force during World War II as a gunner on B17. He was a Sgt. in 1060 AAF BU 1944-1946. He is the husband of Elsie Belle (11) Goble Smith. - Elsie Goble Smith
  
• WALKER, Robert Boyd - May 1, 1903 - He served a 30-year career in the U. S. Army. Retired as Lt. Colonel in 1949. He lived and served in Georgia, Maryland, Panama, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, and Florida, as well as Washington, Alaska and New Guinea and the Phillipine Islands during World War II. - Elsa Darline Walker Eden

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