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BOB JACK GOODWIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – September 3, 1967
Service recordBob Jack Goodwin, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 90
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- 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
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 90
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- NICHOLAS OWEN WAGMANCorporal · September 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM WRIGHTLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JACK WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BROWNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 91
- JIMMY GENE MAYFIELDCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 93
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.