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EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 6, 1935 – March 12, 1967
Service recordEdwin Riley Goodrich JR, of Olean, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 12, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 6, 1935
- Home of record
- Olean, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 68
- CHARLES WESLEY BARRETTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- BOYD GRAYSON GARNERPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
From Olean
- DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUELieutenant (junior grade) · January 4, 1968
- DANIEL BENEDICT HENRYPetty Officer First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOHN GODFREY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
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.