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JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 10, 1930 – June 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Winfred Goeglein, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 30, 1970, in Laos, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 104
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · June 30, 1970
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1970
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1970
- JAMES FREEMAN ELKINChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 30, 1970
From Kirkwood
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 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.