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KEVEN ZANE GOODNO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1945 – October 26, 1972
Service recordKeven Zane Goodno, of Spring Grove, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1972, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Spring Grove, Minnesota (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 84
- ROBERT W HAAKENSON JRAirman · October 24, 1972
- CARLOS ALBERTO PEDROSAFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1972
- MELVIN EDWARD WOLFECorporal · October 26, 1972
- JAMES WAYNE HALLLieutenant Commander · October 28, 1972
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS ALBERTO PEDROSAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 84
From Spring Grove
- ROBERT ALLEN WENNESLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · July 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.