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FRANK GERALD GOELZ
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 27, 1945 – March 10, 1968
Service recordFrank Gerald Goelz, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 9 NC BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Ambler, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 7
- JACK LEROY GOODWINSpecialist Five · March 10, 1968
- HUBERT HASKEL GORDON JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES MCKINLEY HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
From Ambler
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · June 9, 1969
- ANDREW ALAN KUHNLance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- MOSES B LUCASStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1969
- GEORGE LIVINGSTON MILLERColonel · December 6, 1969
- BARRY THOMAS MULLINEAUXCaptain · May 12, 1970
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.