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CHARLES HENRY GOLDBIN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 2, 1948 – September 20, 1971
Service recordCharles Henry Goldbin, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 20, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 22
- JOSEPH BYRON POEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1971
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- RANDALL BRUCE BERNARDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1971
- DUDLEY FRANCIS BRADBERRYMaster Chief Petty Officer · September 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LEROY COVERLieutenant Commander · Panel 2W, Line 21
- HAROLD EDWARD COWENPetty Officer First Class · Panel 2W, Line 21
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.