Frank Bryan Goettge was a United States Marine Corps intelligence officer in World War II. He led the illfated Goettge Patrol in the early days of the Guadalcanal campaign, and was killed during that operation.
Frank Goettge was born in Canton, Ohio. on December 30, 1895. He enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War I in May 1917, after spending one year at Ohio University. Goettge was commissioned as First Lieutenant in 1918. During World War I, Goettge served with the 5th Marines in the MeuseArgonne Offensive, and later served in occupation duty at Segendorf, Germany.
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