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RICHARD LEE GOUDY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 14, 1938 – August 9, 1965
Service recordRichard Lee Goudy, of Sharon Springs, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 9, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Sharon Springs, Kansas (Wallace County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1965; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 49
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1965
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 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.