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RICHARD JAMES GOGGIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – April 26, 1971
Service recordRichard James Goggin, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 13
- DENNIS MARTIN CRAVERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1971
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · April 26, 1971
- FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · April 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MARTIN CRAVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 13
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 13
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
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.