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SAMUEL EDWARD GODBEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – July 15, 1969
Service recordSamuel Edward Godbey, of Ligonier, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 125
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Ligonier, Indiana (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 125
- ROGER LEE GLEISpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- JOHN CURRIE HANSENFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HEMPELSpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CURRIE HANSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 125
- TEDDY EUGENE MIDDLETONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 1
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 3
From Ligonier
- JOHN LARIMORE GODFREYPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.