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WILLIAM FRANKLIN GOODWIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam Franklin Goodwin, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 64
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GEORGESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAY BARRY GILPINSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 68
- JOSEPH CHARLES RUSSOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 70
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 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.