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LAWRENCE RAY GOODMAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – August 22, 1969
Service recordLawrence Ray Goodman JR, of Armona, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Armona, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 93
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- DENNIS ALBERT GATTIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN GRECUSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HILLSergeant · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD FRANKLIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 99
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.