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FORREST GOUDELOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1942 – April 19, 1968
Service recordForrest Goudelock, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 47
- JUAN GOMEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- TOMAS GONZALESLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- JESUS ARMANDO GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- OREN B MCCARROLLSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 1
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
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.