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PAUL VENON GOODWIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordPaul Venon Goodwin, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 100
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · 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
- REX CHARLES ALLREDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 92
- JAMES LEE BLANTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 94
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 99
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 109
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.