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CHARLES MELVIN GOUDE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 10, 1935 – November 12, 1966
Service recordCharles Melvin Goude, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 59
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD BOCOOKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- TED DEWAINE BROOMFIELDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP BROWNLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 62
- EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 62
From Ft Mill
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 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.