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MICHAEL ANTHONY GOFFREDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – August 6, 1967
Service recordMichael Anthony Goffredo, of Griffith, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 281 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Griffith, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 85
- JERRY LEE SPENCERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DONALD LEROY THOMASPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- FREDERICK DERL WOODAirman First Class · August 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ANELIPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
From Griffith
- DANIEL WALTER JORDANFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- DONALD RAY SHOULDERSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH LLOYD CRODYCorporal · July 11, 1972
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.