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RICHARD MICHAEL GOOSSENS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1948 – September 24, 2004
Service recordRichard Michael Goossens, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 2004, in South Vietnam, at age 55. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2ND BN 3RD MARINES 3RD MARINE DIV (REIN) FMF
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 2004
- Age
- 55
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 24, 2004. In September 2004, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 4
- JEFFERY ALAN GOSSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- DALE DEAN KENYONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD KNOXSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE KOMERSPrivate · May 24, 1968
- AL RICKEY LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.