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LARRY ALLEN GOFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – December 21, 1968
Service recordLarry Allen Goff, of Grand Haven, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 56
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Haven, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 56
- JOSEPH PHILIP CASTAGNASergeant · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DREWICZStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT CARL GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- ROCKNE LAMAR HARDWICKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERDES BLANKPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 55
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · Panel 36W, Line 59
From Grand Haven
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HODALSergeant Major · March 4, 1968
- SCOTTY GENE AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- MARK ALAN VANBEUKERINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1970
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.