World War II Soldier to be Buried in Nemaha County
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. White S. Goings Jr., a Soldier killed during World War II, will be interred July 26 at Glenrock Cemetery, Nemaha County, Nebraska. Hemmingsen Funeral Home, Auburn, Nebraska, will perform graveside services preceding the interment.
A native of Auburn, Goings was a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands December 1941. He was among thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members who were captured, interned at POW camps and subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March after U.S. forces fell to the Japanese. He died a prisoner of war July 19, 1942, at age 22.
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