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ALAN SHERMAN GOFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1952 – July 6, 1971
Service recordAlan Sherman Goff, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 102
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 102
- RICHARD STUART PATTERSONPrivate · July 6, 1971
- RUBEN RUBIOSergeant · July 6, 1971
- FREDERICK BRU SUMMERVILLESpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
- DANIEL WAYNE THOMASCaptain · July 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STUART PATTERSONPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 102
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.