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RICHARD H GOHEEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1946 – April 15, 1967
Service recordRichard H Goheen, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 29
- ROBERT LESTER FLORY JRFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- WILLIAM C HURTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- LARRY SCOTT JENSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- RAYMOND L KATZENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.