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MICHAEL SPENCER GODETTE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1949 – September 9, 1968
Service recordMichael Spencer Godette, of Beaufort, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaufort, North Carolina (Carteret County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 10
- RICHARD PAUL GRAVELINEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- HOMER LEE HODGES JRLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM KNAPPERSpecialist Four · September 9, 1968
- DAVID ROSE LILLYPrivate · September 9, 1968
From Beaufort
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ARTHUR LEROY DAVISCaptain · May 13, 1968
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.