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RICHARD WALTER GODEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Walter Goden, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 10
- CARL LAWRENCE DINUNZIO JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- THOMAS FOLDENCorporal · March 22, 1969
- WALTER GREEN JRPrivate · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 7
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- CARL LAWRENCE DINUNZIO JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 10
- LEONARDO RIOS-VELAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 14
- DAVID CLARK VALLANCESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.