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RUSSELL CLEMENSEN GOODMAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1934 – February 20, 1967
Service recordRussell Clemensen Goodman, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 20, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 65
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4520 DEMON SQ USS ENTERPRISE CVAN 65
- Born
- July 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 65
- THOMAS EDWARD BROMLEYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- ELMO BURNEY JRAirman First Class · February 20, 1967
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE GAMBRELLPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.