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JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1945 – April 7, 1966
Service recordJoseph Samuel Godwin, of Saugus, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Saugus, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 92
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- WALTER CHARLES FILLMAN SRSergeant · April 7, 1966
- HARRY GENE LUTESergeant · April 7, 1966
From Saugus
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · November 19, 1965
- TERRY DALE GEMASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- FRANK DENNIS ORTEGAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BORDERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 8, 1968
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- HENRY CHESTER KLINGERSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY ALLEN TURNBULLSergeant · May 10, 1970
- GARY ROBERT MONTELEONESpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.