Eugene Paul Gosline (1918 - 1998)

Born 29 Oct 1918 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Jul 1998 at age 79 in Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Dr Eugene Gosline served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 15 Feb 1941
Unit(s): 60th Coast Artillery Regiment, Battery E
Service ended: 1945

Dr Eugene Gosline was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Eugene Gosline has German Roots.

Eugene Gosline has Irish ancestors.

Eugene was a Doctor of Chiropractic

Birth

Dr. Eugene Paul Gosline was born on 29 Oct 1918 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa as the third and youngest child of Frederick T "Fred" Gosline Jr and Edith Hilma Welzenbach.^[1][2] He had two siblings: Josephine and Catherine M

Marriage

Dr. Gosline married in 1948 to Barbara Joyce Ozmon, daughter of Ignatius Nathaniel Cecil Ozmon and Anita Annie Olsen.^[3] He was about 29 years old. They had at least 7 children together.

Residences

Dr. Eugene Paul Gosline lived in Rockingham, Scott, Iowa, USA in 1920 (Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). ^[4]

He lived in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA in 1930 (Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). ^[5]

He lived in Davenport, Scott, Iowa in 1935. He lived in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA on 01 Apr 1940 (Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). ^[6]

He lived in Davenport, Iowa, USA on 02 May 1949.

He lived in Atlanta, GA in 1986.

He lived in Decatur.

He lived in Warner Robins, Georgia in 1998.

Military

He enlisted in the military on 15 Feb 1941 in Fort Des Moines, Iowa. ^[7]

United States Army

Battery E, 60th Coast Artillery

Private First Class, promoted to Corporal

Received the Silver Star July 20, 1948 for gallantry in action during heavy artillery bombardment of Corregidor.^[8]

Received the Prisoner of War Medal from May 6, 1942 to August 1945.^[9]

Service Branch: Army

Arm or Service: Coast Artillery Corps

Sub Unit: E Battery

Assigned Unit: 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (AntiAircraft)

Parent Unit: Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays

Area Served: Southwest Pacific

Theatre: Philippine Islands

Detaining Country: Japan

Camp: Fukuoka POW Camp #1 - Kashii (Pine Tree Camp) Kyushu Island 33-130

Status: Liberated ^[10]

Occupation

Doctor of Chiropractic, graduated in 1947 from the Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.

Developed a chiropractic instrument called the "Bi-Polar Temperature Indicator" with Dr. C.M. Fink of Barnesville, Georgia. This instrument was presented at the 66th Fall Annual Convention of the Georgia Chiropractic Association that convened on October 13, 1978, at the Omni International Convention Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

Death

He died on 04 Jul 1998 in Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia. Cremated.

Obituary

Warner Robins – Memorial services for Dr. Eugene P. Gosline were held July 9, 1998 at 4 p.m. in Trinity United Methodist Church. Gosline died Saturday, July 4, 1998.

An Army veteran of World War II, he was a Japanese prisoner of war, incarcerated in a coal mining camp across the bay from Nagasaki for more than 41 months. He received the Silver Star Medal, Presidential Distinguished Unit Badge with two oak leaf clusters, American Defense Medal Ribbon with bronze star, Asiatic Theater Ribbon with two bronze battle stars, Philippine Defense Ribbon with one bronze battle star, Prisoner of War Philippine/Japan Campaign, Victory Medal, Army of Occupational Medal, Good Conduct Medal and nine overseas service bars.

He was a chiropractor for 50 years. He was a member of the Georgia Chiropractic Association, radiological committee, served several terms on the board of directors, public affairs committee, was co-chairman of the ethics committee and was a member of the steering committee of the chiropractic political action committee. He was the recipient of the Georgia Chiropractor of the Year Award, a Special Presidential Award and Allen-Leiter Public Service Award.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Gosline; seven children; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DL-5L5 : 20 May 2016), Eugene Gosline, 29 Oct 1918; citing Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,480,950.
2. ↑ Personally known to Karen Ivey and some of the information was handed down to her by her Mother, Ruby Towns.
3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJD3-QXNG : 8 March 2016), Eugene Paul Gosline and Barbara Joyce Ozmon, 1948.
4. ↑ U.S. Cenus. Year: 1920; Census Place: Rockingham, Scott, Iowa; Roll: T625_512; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 185; Image: 324
5. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Roll: 681; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0035; Image: 1078.0; FHL microfilm: 2340416
6. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Roll: T627_1203; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 82-44
7. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G8-NYV : 5 December 2014), Eugene P Gosline, enlisted 15 Feb 1941, Ft Des Moines, Iowa, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
8. ↑ MilitaryTimes.com Hall of Valor
9. ↑ MilitaryTimes.com Hall of Valor
10. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

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See Also

• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75467200/person/30320027706/facts : accessed 13 Feb 2020), profile for Dr Eugene Paul Gosline.

Acknowledgement

Gosline-17 was created by Karen Ivey Herndon on 31 Jul 2016. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.