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JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1934 – January 11, 1966
Service recordJohnny Howard Godfrey, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 11, 1966, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 64
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 10 1131 USAF SP ACTY SQ
- Born
- January 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 64
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- GERALD LEE DAILEYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · March 16, 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.