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JACK LEROY GOODWIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 9, 1945 – March 10, 1968
Service recordJack Leroy Goodwin, of Waldport, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 7
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Waldport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 7
- FRANK GERALD GOELZPetty Officer Third Class · March 10, 1968
- HUBERT HASKEL GORDON JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES MCKINLEY HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
From Waldport
- PHILIP EDWIN SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.