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PAUL STEPHEN GOGGIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1945 – January 30, 1968
Service recordPaul Stephen Goggin, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 70
- ROBERT WAYNE FORKLSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- NORBERT LOUIS FROEHLICHCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- PAUL EDGAR GERLACHPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
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.