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JACK DEE GOODE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordJack Dee Goode, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 20
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LANE KORNEGAY HARGROVEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- HIAWATHA HICKSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 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.