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BERNARD JOSEPH GOSS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 10, 1931 – April 23, 1966
Service recordBernard Joseph Goss, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 23, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- January 10, 1931
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 129
- DENIS EUGENE ABBOTTPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WEIMORTSLieutenant Commander · April 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD COOKSergeant · April 23, 1966
- FRANCISCO CORREA-MORALESPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- ROBERT RAYMOND DYCZKOWSKILieutenant Colonel · April 23, 1966
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 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.