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HERMAN GLENDALE GOODALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1935 – May 5, 1968
Service recordHerman Glendale Goodall, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Born
- September 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Beaver Dam, Kentucky (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 14
- RICHARD AL GREENPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- MATTHEW ERNEST GREERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
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.