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MARTIN DOUGLAS GOEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1952 – April 6, 1971
Service recordMartin Douglas Goen, of Medora, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1971, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 110
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Medora, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 110
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 1971
- RICHARD JON LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
- DONNIE CARL TAYLORSergeant · April 6, 1971
- LEONARD JAMES TRUMBLAYStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK THOMAS BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 109
From Medora
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1968
- WILLIAM MANSON DAULTONLance Corporal · October 24, 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.