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EDGAR GODBEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1933 – July 1, 1968
Service recordEdgar Godbey, of Liberty, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 2 MACV
- Born
- April 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Liberty, Kentucky (Casey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 28
- ROBERT CHARLES DICKINSONMajor · July 1, 1968
- WILLIAM BRADFORD EOFF JRFirst Lieutenant · July 1, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- LUDIN GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
From Liberty
- EWELL LEE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- CLIFTON HENSONCorporal · December 29, 1967
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.