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GERALD LYNN GOODEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – December 22, 1966
Service recordGerald Lynn Gooden, of Memphis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Missouri (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 71
- ROBERT CARL BOYDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- DARIUS LLEWLYN DEMA BROWNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- FOREST EDD DUDLEYPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- JOHN LEONARD SCHMECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 73
From Memphis
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.