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WILLIAM PHILIP GOODING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – August 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Philip Gooding, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 54
- FRANK A FRANGELLASergeant First Class · August 17, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH GEESpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT HOPKINSCorporal · August 17, 1969
- CHALMERS CLAUDE HUMPHREYSMaster Sergeant · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KIM MICHAEL DILIBERTOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 53
- JAMES RANDOLPH HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 55
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 55
- MATTHEW PETERSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- CLIFFORD SEALSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Edison
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 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.