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PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordPaul Edward Goonan JR, of Franklin, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrician (68F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 100
- PAUL VENON GOODWINCorporal · May 13, 1969
- ERNEST LEE GORDONCorporal · May 13, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- GARY JAMES GREINERCorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 94
- JOHN HENRY RALPH BROOKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 95
- JEFFREY CHARLES STOWEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 111
- KENNETH EUGENE WITMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 114
From Franklin
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- RICKEY LEAROY GILLUMPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDGAR BAKER JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 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.