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WILLARD ANSEL GODFREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 26, 1937 – February 7, 1967
Service recordWillard Ansel Godfrey, of Milton Junction, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 162 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Milton Junction, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “162 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 4
- KENNETH LAMAR DEAVERS JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1967
- ISAIAH ANTHONY DOBBINSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- JAMES HENRY DUNCANSergeant First Class · February 7, 1967
- BARRY EDWARD EVERTPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ISAIAH ANTHONY DOBBINSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 4
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.