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FLOYD HAROLD GOFF
Private · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – February 25, 1971
Service recordFloyd Harold Goff, of Englishtown, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 5
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Englishtown, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 5
- EDWARD A JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- DAVID DOUGLAS PEOPLES JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- WILLIAM STEPHEN WOODSCorporal · February 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE BAINESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 4
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 5
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 6
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.