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MARLIN JAMES GOODHUE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1935 – July 4, 1967
Service recordMarlin James Goodhue, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 21, 1935
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 3
- DAVID ARTHUR HEDBLUMPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- JOSEPH LONNIE HICKSLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- FREDDIE JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS L TERRYSergeant First Class · Panel 23E, Line 8
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
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.