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	Posted by William Selis on 04/23/2004 10:32am Hello I am seeking information and/or photographs of PFC. MOWREY C. GOODBREAD, JR. If you knew him PLEASE contact me. Thank You ~ Bill Selis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% In the Hagadorn Mills Baptist Church, with the Rev. John H. Greening, pastor, officiating, funeral services were held in the afternoon of November 27, 1951 for Pfc. Mowrey Goodbread, Jr., age 22, of Providence, New York, who died in Korea July 22, 1951. Burial was in the Union Mills Cemetery where military rites were conducted by members of Robert Lee Walsh Post 337, American Legion. Pfc. Goodbread was the son of Mrs. Albert (Emma) Austin. Private First Class Goodbread was a member of Battery A, 39th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. He was wounded after a hand grenade accidentally exploded near Changgong, South Korea and was evacuated to the 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Unit where he died on July 22, 1951. Private First Class Goodbread was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. He was born in the Town of Providence, New York, Saratoga County, September 19, 1928, and attended Broadalbin High School. He was a member of the Hagadorn Mills Baptist Church. Before enlisting in the Army in October, 1950, Pfc. Goodbread was employed by the Mohawk Carpet Mills in Amsterdam. In addition to his mother, he was survived by two brothers, Corp. Jack Kenyan and Donald E. Zuckerwar. His remains arrived in Amsterdam, New York from San Francisco, California, November 24, 1951, escorted by his brother Corp. Kenyan, who was serving in Japan. Burial: Union Mills Cemetery Fulton County New York, USA

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Posted by William Selis on 04/23/2004 10:32am
Hello I am seeking information and/or photographs of PFC. MOWREY C. GOODBREAD, JR. If you knew him PLEASE contact me. Thank You ~ Bill Selis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% In the Hagadorn Mills Baptist Church, with the Rev. John H. Greening, pastor, officiating, funeral services were held in the afternoon of November 27, 1951 for Pfc. Mowrey Goodbread, Jr., age 22, of Providence, New York, who died in Korea July 22, 1951. Burial was in the Union Mills Cemetery where military rites were conducted by members of Robert Lee Walsh Post 337, American Legion. Pfc. Goodbread was the son of Mrs. Albert (Emma) Austin. Private First Class Goodbread was a member of Battery A, 39th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. He was wounded after a hand grenade accidentally exploded near Changgong, South Korea and was evacuated to the 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Unit where he died on July 22, 1951. Private First Class Goodbread was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. He was born in the Town of Providence, New York, Saratoga County, September 19, 1928, and attended Broadalbin High School. He was a member of the Hagadorn Mills Baptist Church. Before enlisting in the Army in October, 1950, Pfc. Goodbread was employed by the Mohawk Carpet Mills in Amsterdam. In addition to his mother, he was survived by two brothers, Corp. Jack Kenyan and Donald E. Zuckerwar. His remains arrived in Amsterdam, New York from San Francisco, California, November 24, 1951, escorted by his brother Corp. Kenyan, who was serving in Japan. Burial: Union Mills Cemetery Fulton County New York, USA

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