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WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1945 – August 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Howard Goedeker, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 37
- JOSEPH BERNILLE COMEAUXCorporal · August 24, 1967
- PAUL MICHAEL DALEYSpecialist Six · August 24, 1967
- JIMIE DALE DUTCHERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK GODSEYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.