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NORMAN ELAN GOODMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – January 14, 1969
Service recordNorman Elan Goodman, of Portland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 589 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 89
- WAYNE OWEN FEINAUERCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- IRVIN HUGH HILLLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
From Portland
- DANNY OWEN KENNELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 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.