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MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordMichael Dennis Goeller, of Nevada City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 36
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Nevada City, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 36
- ROBERT WILLIAM GETZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- JERRY LEE GOODLINStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1969
- LOUIS ALFREDO GORDILSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- WENDELL JOHN M GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM GETZPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 36
- DAVID LEE MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 38
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
From Nevada City
- EDWARD ALLAN JOSEPH OWNBYPetty Officer Second Class · June 9, 1965
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.