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JOHNNY LEE GODFREY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1940 – July 18, 1970
Service recordJohnny Lee Godfrey, of Webster, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Webster, Florida (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 28
- JAMES M DUNNAVANT JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1970
- JAMES LARRY FOREStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1970
- WARREN G INGRAMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- GREG KELLERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
From Webster
- CARL GILBERT MOTESSergeant First Class · June 12, 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.