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ALLEN BENJAMIN GOYNE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1944 – October 2, 1969
Service recordAllen Benjamin Goyne JR, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 27
- JOHN FRANK DUARTE JRPrivate · October 2, 1969
- ROBERTO GONZALEZ-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN GOREPetty Officer First Class · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE GORSUCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 25
- ROBERTO GONZALEZ-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 27
- EDISON DENNIS HULLPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 28
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
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.