Background
Hart Goodloe was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1875.
Hart Goodloe was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1875.
On August 13, 1917 he enlisted in the United States. Army at age 42. He was commissioned to the rank of major and was a surgeon in the army. By 1918 he was sent over to France and saw action at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
He was discharged from service on March 18, 1919, and resided in Saint Louis, Missouri.
His war documents were destroyed in a fire at the Saint Louis archives. He died at Veterans Hospital, Biloxi, Mississippi, on March 21, 1954 at age 79.
In 2007 a novel titled "Goodloe - Blood Stains the Fury of the Coming Storm" by Patrick Bauer was published based on the life of Hart Goodloe. (hardcover) (softcover) available November 2007.
He is a graduate of University of Louisville"s School of Medicine and a member of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity"s Alpha Alpha-Gamma Chapter serving as Grand Presiding Senior (President) of the Grand Chapter from 1900-1901.