Herbert Goldberg
Staff Sergeant Herbert Goldberg.
Rank: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Serial: 32366042
Unit: 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Burial: Crescent Burial Park, Route 130 & Westfield Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Staff Sergeant Herbert Goldberg was born on March 17, 1922, to Jack and Sarah Goldberg. In 1923 his parents opened a general store on Evesham Road in the Ashland neighborhood on the border of Voorhees Township and what was then called Delaware Township, now known as Cherry Hill. The Goldberg family lived in a house on Ellis Street, in Delaware Township. Herbert Goldberg was a 1942 graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School in Haddonfield, NJ, where he played on the football team for four years. He was also a member of the Upsilon Lambda Phi fraternity of Camden and a graduate of Temple Beth Sholom Sunday school, Haddon Heights. Prior to enlisting in the Army, Herbert Goldberg had worked at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
After being inducted into the United States Army on October 23, 1942, Herbert Goldberg advanced to the rank of Staff Sergeant. He went overseas in August of 1944. While serving with the 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division in Italy, Herbert Goldberg was killed on October 23, 1944, in an attack against stiff opposition to secure the high ground northwest of San Angelo D’Alife.
After the war, the body of Herbert Goldberg was returned to the United States. He is buried at Crescent Burial Park in Pennsauken, NJ. He was survived by his parents, Jack and Sarah Goldberg; a brother, Robert, all of Ashland; and a sister, Mrs. Faye Eskin of Philadelphia. The library at Temple Beth Sholom synagogue was named in his memory on October 28, 1945.
To Name Library for Jewish Hero
Camden Courier-Post —
A library in Temple Beth Sholom synagogue, Haddon Heights, will be dedicated Sunday night in memory of S/Sgt. Herbert Goldberg, 22, formerly of Ashland, who was killed October 23, 1944, while fighting in Italy.
Rabbi Karlinsky will open the dedicatory services with ceremonies followed by the presentation of Colors by the Jacob L. Furze Post, Jewish War Veterans.
Among the speakers will be Dr. Thomas Whyte, pastor of the Ashland Presbyterian church; H. Paul Janes, of Pine Hill; and Chaplain Applebaum, of the Thomas M. England general hospital, Atlantic City.
Sergeant Goldberg, son of Jack and Sarah Goldberg, entered the service Oct. 23, 1942, and was overseas two months when he was killed. He had graduated from Haddonfield High school in 1942. He had been a member of the school’s football team for four years.
Men in the service and those discharged have been asked to attend the services, which will start at 8 p.m.
Burial Rites Set for Sgt. Goldberg
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for S Sgt. Herbert Goldberg, of Ellis avenue, Ashland, who was killed in action in Italy, Oct. 23, 1944 at the age of 22, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Asher-Berschler funeral home, 1309 North Broad street, Philadelphia. Burial will be in Crescent Burial park, Pennsauken.
Participating in the services will be the Jack F. Furze post 126, JWV, Camden; Herbert M. Baring post, 359, JWV, Camden; Glickman-Frost-Cummings post, 604, JWV, Woodbury; Joseph W. Wolf, post, 315, JWV, Moorestown; Haddonfield American Legion post and Haddonfield VFW post.
Rabbi Albert Lewis, of Temple Beth Sholom, Haddon Heights, will officiate. Dr. H. Paul Janes, acting coordinator of special services in Camden schools, will speak at the cemetery.
Sergeant Goldberg, who lived in Ashland all his life, entered the service Oct. 23, 1942. He was employed at the Philadelphia Navy yard previous to going into service.
He was a graduate of Haddonfield High school, class of 1942, where he was a member of the football team. He also was a member of the Upsilon Lambda Phi fraternity of Camden and a graduate of Temple Beth Sholom Sunday school, Haddon Heights. A library in the synagogue in Haddon Heights has been dedicated in his memory.
Surviving are his parents, Jack and Sarah Goldberg; a brother, Robert, all of Ashland; and a sister, Mrs. Faye Eskin, Philadelphia.