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WILLIAM ELLIOTT GOODEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Elliott Gooden, of Hoopeston, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Hoopeston, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 32
- THOMAS MELVIN BRYANTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIERCorporal · June 12, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN FULLERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
From Hoopeston
- JOSEPH ALLEN KELNHOFERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
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.