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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Barry William Godfrey.

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BARRY WILLIAM GODFREY

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

February 10, 1950 – August 25, 1970

Service record

Barry William Godfrey, of Pelham, New Hampshire, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 4

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
February 10, 1950
Home of record
Pelham, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 25, 1970
Age
20
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 4

Same unit, same day

From Pelham

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.