THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic that you died just eight days after your 24th birthday is especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.

SGT Richard J. Goggin was an Infantry Operations and Intelligence Specialist serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. On April 26, 1971, Goggin was last seen chasing a Vietnamese national from a trash dump and later found drowned in the Huu Trach River near Hue Southwest Airfield in Thua Thien Province, RVN. An investigation into the incident was underway at the time his death was reported. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org; obituary from the Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), May 3, 1971, courtesy of Melanie Mohney, Reference Librarian, Maine State Library, Augusta, ME]

Taken from the Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), May 3, 1971, courtesy of Melanie Mohney, Reference Librarian, Maine State Library, Augusta, ME.

Taken from the Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), May 11, 1971, courtesy of Melanie Mohney, Reference Librarian, Maine State Library, Augusta, ME.

Sergeant Richard James Goggin, Served with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, United States Army Vietnam.