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RICHARD LEE GOODMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – December 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Goodman, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 31
- GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLINPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JEWEL DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- JAMES BRYAN DILLARDSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- MARK LOUIS FUSILECorporal · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCATEESpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.