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JOHN ROGER GODERRE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1945 – May 21, 1966
Service recordJohn Roger Goderre, of Union, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Union, Maine (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 95
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- BARRY WILLIAM DUFFCorporal · May 21, 1966
- JAMES WALTER ELENBURGSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
From Union
- GARDNER JOHN BROWNPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.