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LOUIS LLOYD GOERS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 6, 1946 – April 21, 1967
Service recordLouis Lloyd Goers, of Steger, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 58
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Steger, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 58
- BENJAMIN BUNN JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GREGORIO MANESE DEOCAMPOPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EDWARD THOMAS EGAN JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- SAMMY GRAY EVANSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
From Steger
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 27, 1967
- CLARENCE ALVIE MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 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.