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THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordThomas Wendell Goodrich, of Cortland, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 116
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; four 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 “L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 116
- ROBERT GORDON GODDARDLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM HARRISSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- CLAUDE HOWARDSergeant · May 26, 1967
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.