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DALTON TRURO GOFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1945 – September 8, 1967
Service recordDalton Truro Goff, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operating Room Specialist (91D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 10, 1945
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 35
- GARY LEWIS GILLEANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- FRANCIS E GLAZEBROOK JRSergeant · September 8, 1967
- DURWOOD MICHAEL HALLAMPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 35
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 36
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 37
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 38
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 1968
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.