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EDWARD LEE GOODMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1936 – April 12, 1968
Service recordEdward Lee Goodman, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 31
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDWARD LEON HARRISSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DWAYNE CHARLES MCCLURESpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 33
- PETER ACOSTA MENDOZAPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.