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CHARLES DAVID GOFORTH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – March 30, 1968
Service recordCharles David Goforth, of Ewing, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 11
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Ewing, Virginia (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 11
- ROY LEE GRIFFIN JRCaptain · March 30, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD GRUBBSCorporal · March 30, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD GULAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MCKENLEY ODIS MATLOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 8
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.