Date of birth:

May 10th, 1911 (Brooklyn/New York, United States)

Date of death:

February 3rd, 1943 (North Atlantic Ocean)

Mentioned on:

East Coast Memorial U.S.A.

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Alexander D. Goode was born on 10th May 1911. He was one of four children of a Rabbi from Brooklyn. After his graduation from the University of Cincinatti and the Hebrew Union College in 1937 he became a rabbi himself. He was married in 1935 to Terese Flax. He received his Ph.D. in 1940 at the John Hopkins University. He and his wife had one daughter, Rosalie. Alexander Goode served as a Rabbi in Marion, Indiana and York, Pennsylvania.

In 1941 he tried to join the U.S. Navy as a chaplain but was turned down. In 1942 he was exepted in the same profession with the U.S. Army after a brief stay at Camp Myles Standish in Taunton, Massachusetts he was posted at Harvard University to attend the Chaplain School. After his study there, to be deployed to Europe, he was briefly stationed at Goldsboro Airbase, North Carolina. In October he joined Chaplains George L. Fox, Clark V. Poling and John P. Washington to be embarked on the U.S.A.T. Dorchester, destined for Greenland and United Kingdom. The four embarked in January 1943 together with over 900 soldiers. On 2nd February 1943 the ship was torpedoed by U-223. Alexander D. Goode stayed, together with the other three chaplains with the men that could not leave the ship and died.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Unit:

Army Chaplain Service

Awarded on:

1944

Synopsis:
"For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in action against enemy forces on 3 February 1943. Chaplain Goode was one of four Army Chaplains aboard the U.S.A.T. Dorchester which was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. He and his comrades bravely brought order to panicked soldiers as the ship was sinking and, when no more life jackets were available, he gave up his own life jacket to another man. Chaplain Goode's intrepid actions, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."

War Department, General Orders No. 93 (1944).
Awarded posthumously.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Unit:

Army Chaplain Service

Awarded on:

January 18th, 1961

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Unit:

Army Chaplain Service

Awarded posthumously.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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