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WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – October 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Rolland Godfrey, of Tuckahoe, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Tuckahoe, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 61
- RICHARD LEROY CUMMINSSpecialist Five · October 10, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAMSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- DANNY ROBERT HESSONLance Corporal · October 10, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 60
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 60
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 63
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 63
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
From Tuckahoe
- GEORGE FRANCIS LONGPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
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.