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STANLEY MAURICE GODWIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordStanley Maurice Godwin, of Ft Meade, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Meade, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 27
- JOHNNIE CHESTER FULLERStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES GAINOUSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HORACE ROSCOE GORESergeant · May 18, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSENPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 23
From Ft Meade
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM SPIVEYPrivate First Class · January 21, 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.