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WILLIAM RAY GOOLSBY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – September 15, 1970
Service recordWilliam Ray Goolsby JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 65
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 65
- BRADLEY LLOYD BOSWELLCorporal · September 15, 1970
- CRAIG W HIRSCHIPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
- DONALD LEE KAHRESergeant · September 15, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.