Sam Goad

Sam Jones Goad (July 8, 1918 – July 6, 1944) was a soldier from Glenmary who was killed in action in France during World War II.

See Also: Scott Countians killed in war

Biography

Born July 8, 1918, Sam J. Goad was the son of Otis Goad (1881-1938) and Mary Walker (1884-1946). He was a second-great-grandson of Revolutionary War veteran Abraham Goad, and a third cousin to Hurstle Goad from Robbins, who was also killed in France in 1944. His mother was descended from the Walker family at Brimstone.

Sam’s siblings included Julia Goad (1907-1998), Het Genous Goad (1911-1973), John H. Goad (1913-1973), Pernia Barger (1920-2009) and an infant born and died in 1924.

Sam married Doris Maxine Hurst (1926-2017), the daughter of Otto B. Hurst and Mattie Mae Smith of the nearby Burrville community in Morgan County, in 1941. He worked as a hosiery

World War II

PFC Goad enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 41st Infantry, 2nd Armored Division. He was killed in action in France on July 6, 1944, just two days before his 26th birthday. No further information is available. The 41st Infantry was present at the Normandy campaign, which began June 6, 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy Landings.

Aftermath

PFC Goad’s body was returned to the U.S. in May 1948. A funeral was held on May 9, 1948, at the church in Glenmary, and he was buried at Jack Young Cemetery in Glenmary, where his parents are also buried.

He received the Purple Heart award. He is listed on the VFW Post 5669 Memorial Wall in Oneida, the Scott County Veterans Memorial in Huntsville, and the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial in Knoxville.

He and Doris had divorced prior to his departure for the war, and she remarried to Jack Favorite in 1942 and moved to Ohio. She later married Delno Durrell Munn, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy.