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WESLEY LEE GOOCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordWesley Lee Gooch, of Leavenworth, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Leavenworth, Kansas (Leavenworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 36
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- HENRY JOE GORDONLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- CARL ALLEN HARRISFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 34
- WILLIAM BAKER HUBBLECorporal · Panel 34E, Line 37
- EARL LONDONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 37
- JOHNNIE KAY PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 38
- JULIUS THOMASCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 39
From Leavenworth
- MURVIN SCHALIPP JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · January 31, 1968
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE LOUIS EMERYPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
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.