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ORANGE GOODING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1928 – March 7, 1969
Service recordOrange Gooding, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 64
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GEORGESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAY BARRY GILPINSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 63
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 70
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.