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CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – January 1, 1970
Service recordCharles Fairchild Godfrey, of Toms River, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Toms River, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 113
- TERRY BRUCE LUNDLance Corporal · December 31, 1969
- RICHARD CLARK BABB JRSergeant · January 1, 1970
- GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN CROSSSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
From Toms River
- PETER GARY SCAVUZZOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY KELLYLieutenant · January 17, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
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.