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WILLIAM RILEY GODWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – November 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Riley Godwin, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 5 N 16 ARTY 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 11
- ARTURO DELGADO-MARINStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS JANES EKWELLLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- DONALD WILLIS GEBHARTLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · November 30, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.