In Honor of Arthur A Goyer
RM2c ~ 44-45
Arthur A. Goyer
SUPERVISOR'S SON DIES OF WOUNDS; SERVED IN THE NAVY
Arthur A. Goyer was on Destroyer Duty in Pacific

Arthur A. Goyer, radioman 2/c U.S.N., "died of wounds following action while in the service of his country, and was buried at sea with full military honors," a telegram received from the Navy Department has informed his parents, Supervisor Leon H. Goyer of the Second Ward and Mrs. Goyer of 175 Ferry Street.

The telegram gave no details as to the date or the exact cause of the sailor's death. The last letter received by his parents was written March 29, and in it, Arthur told his family that he was slated for promotion to radioman 1/c in the near future.

Young Goyer enlisted in the Navy Jan. 6, 1942, and after three weeks training at Newport, R.I. he shipped out. He served for a year and a half in the Atlantic, and was then transferred to the Pacific theater where he has been serving on a destroyer. He has been home only twice since entering the service, the first time on an overnight pass after his service in the Atlantic; and then in April 1944, for a 23 day leave.

He graduated from school 14 and attended Troy High School for three years. While in school, he worked as messenger boy for the Western Union for four years. At the time of his enlistment, he was employed by M. Nirenberg Sons, Inc. He was a communicant of St. Francis de Sales' Church.

Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Norman J. and Stephen J Goyer; and a sister, Mrs. Fred S. Kilmer, jr., all of Troy. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Francis de Sales' Church at 9:30 a.m. by Rev. Patrick A. Crowe.

//Source// THE TIMES RECORD, TROY, N.Y., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1945
Condolence letter to Arthur A. Goyer's father
from Commander Tackney ~ 04-09-1945
Memorial published, by family, in the Times Record of Troy, NY, 04-06-1946.
It was the first anniversary of the kamikaze attack.
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Arthur A. Goyer RM2c was one of twelve brave sailors that lost their lives during a Japanese Kamikaze Attack on April 6, 1945. The Japanese plane flew directly into the 40MM gun turret battle station these sailors were manning. Not one of them left their battle station, THEY STUCK TO THEIR GUNS!. These twelve true heroes paid the Ultimate Sacrifice protecting the United States of America, our freedom and our way of life. They will never be forgotten.