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WILLIAM HUNTER GOODSPEED
Major · U.S. Army
August 4, 1933 – December 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Hunter Goodspeed, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 58
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 58
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- TOM GONZALES JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- JESSE ARNEL GORDYSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- THOMAS CARR JEFFER HUBARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1967
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.