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HERBERT GARY GOGGAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1944 – February 14, 1966
Service recordHerbert Gary Goggan, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 33
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS GAMBRELLStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE E HAYESSergeant · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN JAMES AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 31
- BOBBY RAY WAYMANLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 37
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.