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EARL ARTHUR GODMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – May 28, 1969
Service recordEarl Arthur Godman, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 8
- JAMES LEE DREWSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- VALENTINE MARION DWORNIKSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- VALARIAN LAWRENCE FINLEYLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE HUGH GRILLOAirman First Class · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 6
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 7
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 7
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 10
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 12
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 13
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.