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EDWARD CHARLES GOELZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – July 26, 1967
Service recordEdward Charles Goelz, of Antioch, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Antioch, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 2
- GEORGE SAMUEL CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- RICHARD AMES CLAFLINMajor · July 26, 1967
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HARMANHospitalman · July 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 3
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
From Antioch
- HARRY CORNELIUS VANDERKLOOTPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JIMMY CHARLES BOWERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES HAWKSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
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.