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RICHARD DEAN GOSS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 12, 1932 – August 29, 1964
Service recordRichard Dean Goss, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 29, 1964, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 12, 1932
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1964
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1964; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 63
- WILLIAM R PATIENCE JRSergeant First Class · August 21, 1964
- JOHN BERNARD MCLAUGHLINCaptain · August 27, 1964
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- RICHARD THOMAS LYNCHCaptain · September 10, 1964
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 1965
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.