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RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1951 – October 31, 1972
Service recordRaymond Lee Goodchild, of Fenton, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 85
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
- Avionic Communications Equipment Repairer (35L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Fenton, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 85
- DEXTER BUSH FLORENCEFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1972
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- JAMES EDWARD SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · October 29, 1972
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 87
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 87
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 87
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 88
- RONALD LEE VANLANDINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 89
From Fenton
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE STOTTSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
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.