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JAMES WALTER GODFREY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 22, 1945 – April 16, 1967
Service recordJames Walter Godfrey, of Jefferson, Maine, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 34
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Maine (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 34
- WALTER ALEX CHATOS JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- VANDIVER L CHILDSCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DAVID CYRIL GLOVERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1967
- ARTHUR JOHN GRANT JRPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 33
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 35
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 35
- KARL EDMOND SHENEPCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 36
- JOHNNY WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 36
From Jefferson
- LEWIS CARLTON JONES JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
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.