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RICHARD DEAN GOEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1950 – August 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Dean Goen, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 50
- CARL LEWIS GENERALPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RONALD LOUIS GRENIERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
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.