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JOHN FLETCHER GOODLETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1944 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Fletcher Goodlett, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 94
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 94
- ROBERT F DALEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 16, 1969
- JAMES MILTON FLOYDSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD HAIDERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD POUNDSTONEChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN CAINSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 92
- ROBERT F DALEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 94
- JAMES MILTON FLOYDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 94
- THOMAS RICHARD POUNDSTONEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 94
- LARRY GRAYDON MOOTHARTSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 96
- ARTHUR CRAIG FAIRCLOTHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 97
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.