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WILLIAM GOODHEART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Goodheart, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 39
- DICK E CUFFSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE FELLOWSColonel · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 36
- JOSEPH J CASSIDY JRSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 38
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 39
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · Panel 45E, Line 43
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 44
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.