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CHARLES OBADATH GOODMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 5, 1935 – February 9, 1968
Service recordCharles Obadath Goodman, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- May 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 50
- DAVID HARRY GREEN JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- DONALD JACK HAILEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- PETER BURR HEDLUNDSergeant · February 9, 1968
- NORMAN CHARLES KISSINGERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BISMARK WASHINGTON HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 51
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.