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ROBERT EUGENE GOODNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1949 – May 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Goodner, of Iola, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Iola, Kansas (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 66
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH HAVERLAND JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES E HAWKINS JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- KENNETH DALE PETTIGREWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- L C CARTERSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 63
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 64
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- CHARLES E HAWKINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 66
- EDWARD JOSEPH HOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 67
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 67
- ALBERT JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 67
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 68
- LEE ALLAN NAPIERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 68
- MICHAEL MAXWELL HATZELLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 69
- CHARLES HUBERT PEARCE JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 69
- EDISON RICHARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 69
- JAMES TROY RALPHSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 70
- PEDRO ANTONIO RIOSSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 70
- KEITH NEWTON STARNES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 70
- JAMES IRA SANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 71
- WILLIAM WALTER SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 71
From Iola
- JOHN ARTHUR MOTTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JOHN JAMES HARRISCorporal · March 17, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
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.