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WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1941 – November 15, 1965
Service recordWillie Frank Godboldt, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Battle of the Ia Đrăng Valley was under way. In the Ia Đrăng Valley (14–18 November 1965), battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) fought North Vietnamese regulars at Landing Zones X-Ray and Albany — the first major battle between the two armies and the first great test of the helicopter war. The record gives the date and his unit, the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), which fought in the battle, but not the exact place.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 56
- DAVID CHARLES NEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- GEORGE FOXESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOHN LANCE GEOGHEGANSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT GOMEZSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J BARRETT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 51
- RAFAEL ANGEL BERLANGASpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 51
- RAMON BERNARDSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 51
- ANTONIO RA BERNARD-ROBLESStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 51
- GAIL LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 51
- BERNARD BIRENBAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 52
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 52
- JOHNNIE LEE BOSWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 52
- JOHN FRANCIS BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 52
- THOMAS EDWARD BURLILESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 52
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 53
- DAVID JAMES CARNEVALEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 53
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 53
- LEO CURTIS CHASE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 53
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 53
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 54
- CHARLEY HOLTON COLLIERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 54
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 54
- ROBERT ARNOLD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 54
- DOMINIC A DEANGELISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 54
- HILARIO DELA PAZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 55
- PARIS DALE DUSCHSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 55
- BILLY RONALD ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 55
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 55
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- LLOYD JOEL MONSEWICZSergeant · November 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.