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'''Walter F. Goodman Jr.''' was a United States Army Field Artillery officer who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 9]] and served in North Africa and Italy.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Walter F. Goodman Jr. was born in San Francisco, California. He studied history and languages at Texas A&M University and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Field Artillery on 6 May 1943 after Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
 
His first assignment after OCS was a military-intelligence course at Camp Ritchie (Class 9), covering Allied and German force structures and the German political situation. He then served about two and a half years in North Africa and Italy, including civil-affairs schooling at Tizi Ouzou, before returning to the United States.
 
Goodman later completed Command and General Staff College coursework and remained associated with Army civil-affairs and military-intelligence communities; he was inducted into the Artillery Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame (2020 materials in the packet).


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* 9/26/1921-?
* 9/26/1921-?
* birth_place cleaned from corrupted “San Francisco, Calif. In January 1944”. Exact death date not established from packet skim—leave death fields unless already set.


== Gallery ==
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Goodman_Walter_F_Jr_0519190_portrait.jpg|Walter F. Goodman Jr. in Army officer uniform (RB Archive)
Goodman_Walter_F_Jr_0519190_memoir_excerpt.jpg|Walter F. Goodman Jr. memoir excerpt “The War Years 1943–1946” (RB Archive)
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== Timeline ==
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* Born in San Francisco, California.
* 6 May 1943 — Commissioned second lieutenant, Field Artillery, Fort Sill OCS.
* 1943 — Military intelligence course at Camp Ritchie (Class 9).
* 1943–1946 — Service in North Africa and Italy (civil affairs / intelligence path).
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* [[:File:Goodman_Walter_F_Jr_0519190_memoir_excerpt.jpg|Walter F. Goodman Jr. memoir excerpt “The War Years 1943–1946” (RB Archive)]]
* [[:File:Goodman_Walter_F_Jr_0519190_portrait.jpg|Walter F. Goodman Jr. in Army officer uniform (RB Archive)]]
* RB Archive Artillery OCS Hall of Fame / related PDF packet materials
* RB Archive, Walter F. Goodman Jr., autobiographical memoir excerpt “The War Years 1943–1946”
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-23 (1 post)
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