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JOSEPH DANIEL GOODALE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – March 28, 1969
Service recordJoseph Daniel Goodale JR, of Grovetown, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 68
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Grovetown, Georgia (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 68
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- SEAN TIMOTHY DORANCorporal · March 28, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE DUKESpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOSEPH BOUCHARDSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 65
- ALBERT L DADAMO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 67
From Grovetown
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1967
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.