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JAMES OLIVER GODWIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – October 2, 1969
Service recordJames Oliver Godwin, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 RADIO RESEARCH 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 26
- CARL JOSEPH ELLERDPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- JAMES JEWEL FOWLERPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- ROY GILLMAN FOWLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- LEONARDO MEDINA GANChief Petty Officer · October 2, 1969
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 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.