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THOMAS SANFORD GOEN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 7, 1939 – October 23, 1967
Service recordThomas Sanford Goen, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 23, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 99
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Asw Technician (AX)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS KEARSARGE CVS 33
- Born
- March 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967. In October 1967, 906 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 28E, Line 99
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- JOE HARRELL BASSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1967
- LARRY FRANKLIN COGGINSCorporal · October 30, 1967
- RODNEY LEE EGGLESTONSergeant · October 30, 1967
- VICTOR ROBERT WOODENPetty Officer Third Class · October 30, 1967
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.