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JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – June 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph James Goetzer JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 96
- DONALD LAMAR BLACKSTONCorporal · June 20, 1969
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · June 20, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- ROBERT ROCHA GUERRACorporal · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 96
- DANIEL HAROLD HACKETTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 97
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 97
- JIM FRANK JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- LOREN HENRY LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 98
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 99
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.