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CLARENCE EUGENE GOSS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1943 – November 22, 1968
Service recordClarence Eugene Goss, of Willcox, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Willcox, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 34
- JAMES LEE CRANDELLCorporal · November 22, 1968
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM FISH JRPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
From Willcox
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- ARMANDO RAMIREZSpecialist Five · May 23, 1969
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.