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WILLIAM JOSEPH GOODSELL
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1929 – June 16, 1966
Service recordWilliam Joseph Goodsell, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 51
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- May 7, 1929
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 51
- GEORGE DAVID BIRDSELLSergeant First Class · June 16, 1966
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.