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JAMES R GODWIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1941 – February 3, 1968
Service recordJames R Godwin, of Sacramento, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · 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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 7
- ROBERT ALLEN GIFFORDPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- DON RAY GILBERTSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- HAROLD LEROY GRAYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 3
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 5
- ROBERT ALLEN GIFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 7
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 14
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.