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ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1946 – June 8, 1966
Service recordRockford Wayne Goddard, of Ft Collins, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Collins, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 21
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- DAVID BUTLER KISERSergeant First Class · June 8, 1966
- ANTON LEONARD MUHMSergeant · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- REUBEN L CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 22
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- ELADIO R MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 25
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
From Ft Collins
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
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.