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GENE WILLIAM GOEDEN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 21, 1943 – March 17, 1967
Service recordGene William Goeden, of Cornelius, Oregon, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 115 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- July 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Cornelius, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 101
- DONALD ORTHEL GRIFFINSergeant · March 17, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1967
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.