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EDWARD LEON GOODMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1950 – October 16, 1969
Service recordEdward Leon Goodman, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 84
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIBSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT GOODINEPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANK HEILIG JRCorporal · October 16, 1969
- JOSEPH HOLMESCorporal · October 16, 1969
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 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.