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EDWARD FRANCIS GOSHORN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1944 – June 18, 1969
Service recordEdward Francis Goshorn, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 76
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Radio Systems Officer (0505)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 76
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT MATHEW FEGANSergeant First Class · June 18, 1969
- HARRY DALE GOWINPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMSergeant · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS HURT IIISpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 78
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.