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MIKE MORA GODINES
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 9, 1937 – February 27, 1969
Service recordMike Mora Godines, of Richmond, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- November 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 79
- CHARLIE MELVIN ELLISONPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- JOHN HENRY ERBESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- DONALD JAY FISHERChief Petty Officer · February 27, 1969
- RONALD JACKSON GEBBIEPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.