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WALTER L GOSHORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – January 2, 1967
Service recordWalter L Goshorn, of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Mifflintown, Pennsylvania (Juniata County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 108
- ROBERT DAUPHINE JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- GARLAND G FUGATESpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GORDONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 108
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 109
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 110
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 111
- JOHN HENRY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 111
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 112
From Mifflintown
- RAYMOND D WEIANDSergeant · February 20, 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.