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SYDNEY UEL GOODIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1944 – February 6, 1967
Service recordSydney Uel Goodin, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 128
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 128
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · February 6, 1967
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM E FRANKLIN JRCorporal · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 1
- GORDON WILLIAM STARKSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 2
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.