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RAY LYNN GOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1950 – February 5, 1969
Service recordRay Lynn Good, of Terre Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Terre Hill, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 60
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- STEPHEN CHRISTIAN WALKERSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
From Terre Hill
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
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.