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LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 10, 1937 – February 26, 1969
Service recordLeon Russell Goodale JR, of Madison, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 67
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mason (51D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Madison, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 67
- JERRY RAY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES FRENCLPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- GORDON PHILLIP GIPNERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOBART EARL COVINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 65
- DAVID CHARLES M JACKSONSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 68
From Madison
- JOHN SARGEANT VOEGTLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK NOLANSergeant · May 7, 1968
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.