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FORREST GOODWIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1941 – March 2, 1967
Service recordForrest Goodwin, of Tylertown, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Tylertown, Mississippi (Walthall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 2
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOMPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1967
From Tylertown
- NELTON RAYMOND BRYANTSergeant · October 3, 1965
- JOHN HARRIS HOLMESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR GIBSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLMESPrivate First Class · October 22, 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.