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CARL FRANKLIN GOACHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – November 11, 1969
Service recordCarl Franklin Goacher, of Hughes, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Hughes, Arkansas (St Francis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 57
- MERLIN GAIL BEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JOHN DANIEL HARRINGTONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR JACKSONLance Corporal · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F LITTLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 58
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 59
From Hughes
- THOMAS L COLDRENFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD PILLOWCorporal · July 13, 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.