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JIMMY LEON GOODELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1949 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJimmy Leon Goodell, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 38
- EDWARD LOUIS EVANSSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- STEFANO GIARDINASpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- DALE EDWARD GREIFEWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1970
- LOWELL GEORGE HARDMEYERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
From Sand Springs
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- DAVID RICHARD STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GAINESSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.