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JACKIE LEE GOFORTH
Private · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – June 27, 1966
Service recordJackie Lee Goforth, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 100
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 99
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 100
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.