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BRUCE LYNN GOODSELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1945 – January 6, 1971
Service recordBruce Lynn Goodsell, of Thatcher, Idaho, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Thatcher, Idaho (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 29
- LARRY THOMAS DUCKETTCorporal · January 6, 1971
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY THOMAS DUCKETTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 29
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.