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DANIEL EUGENE GOODIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – August 19, 1971
Service recordDaniel Eugene Goodin, of Canaan, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 134
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Canaan, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 134
- MELVIN LEE WEAKSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
- JEROME ALBERT BROWDER JRSergeant First Class · August 19, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
- BRUCE MORGANSpecialist Four · August 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE BRANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 133
- BRUCE MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 134
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.