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PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – February 5, 1970
Service recordPhilip Benjamin Goodwin, of Winchester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 103
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Winchester, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 103
- ADAM CANTUCorporal · February 5, 1970
- MICHAEL DIPASQUANTONIOCorporal · February 5, 1970
- LESTER WILSON KIMBLESpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- CARLOS VALENZUELALance Corporal · February 5, 1970
From Winchester
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 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.