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THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Hill Goodman JR, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 8
- RALPH SHOUP GORTON IIISecond Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- PHILO DERRICK GRANT IIIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 4
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 6
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64W, Line 4
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.