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MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1945 – March 20, 1966
Service recordMarvin Foy Goodman JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- May 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 23
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- JIMMIE LEWIS WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- JAMES PRITCHARD WILLIAMSCaptain · March 19, 1966
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
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.