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CORPORAL STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBORO was born in Camden NJ on February 16, 1948 to Georgia & Orville Goldsboro Jr. He was one of thirteen children. The family lived at 717 Ringgold Street in Camden, which was the home of his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Pauline Goldsboro.Steven Goldsboro enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in the summer of 1964 after graduating from Pyne Point Junior High School in North Camden.Corporal Goldsboro shipped out for Vietnam in August of 1966. He trained as a rifleman, and was assigned to Company M, Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division.While taking part in Operation Desoto, Corporal Goldsboro was killed in action by small arms fire on February 8, 1967 near the hamlet of Vinh Minh, Duc Pho district, Quang Ngai province. Corporal Goldsboro took bullets to the head, back, stomach, and left leg, a comrade, Private First Class Peter Michael Sullivan, was also killed, by a gunshot wound to the chest.Corporal Goldsboro was brought home and buried at New Camden Cemetery. He was survived by his parents, of 828 North 6th Street in North Camden, and eleven siblings. |
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