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KENNETH RAY GODWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – January 31, 1970
Service recordKenneth Ray Godwin, of Chadbourn, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 84
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Chadbourn, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 84
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- ROGER LEE GIVENSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- RAYMOND DALE HARRELLCorporal · January 31, 1970
- DAVID LEE HEMKEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL MADERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 85
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 87
From Chadbourn
- ROY ELSWORTH CONGLETONMajor · December 21, 1964
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.