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JOHN GODFREY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1943 – February 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Godfrey JR, of Olean, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 32
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
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Olean, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 32
- DENNIS K FLEMINGCorporal · February 14, 1968
- EDWARD LEE FRAZIERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD GIBSONStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
From Olean
- EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JRLieutenant Colonel · March 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUELieutenant (junior grade) · January 4, 1968
- DANIEL BENEDICT HENRYPetty Officer First Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
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.