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WILLIAM HARRISON GOINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – February 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam Harrison Goins, of Franklin, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Tennessee (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín 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 41E, Line 38
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT BLANCHARD HEDGESpecialist Five · February 26, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE HUBERCorporal · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 43
- RICHARD D WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Franklin
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1969
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.