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RICHARD GERALD GODBOUT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – December 30, 1967
Service recordRichard Gerald Godbout, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 2
- JOSEPH BUSUTTILPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- RAY DELGADOCorporal · December 30, 1967
- HENRY LEO GEDDIS JRCorporal · December 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 2
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 3
- WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 4
- LOUIS SUTERA JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 5
- GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 6
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 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.