The Vietnam War (1959-1975) was a military struggle fought in Vietnam. It began as a determined attempt by Communist guerrillas (Vietcong) in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the government of South Vietnam. The struggle widened into a war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam and ultimately into an international conflict. The United States and about 40 other countries supported South Vietnam by supplying troops and munitions, while the USSR and the People's Republic of China furnished munitions to North Vietnam and the Vietcong.

If you have information regarding an ancestor's participation in this or any other war and his/her name is missing from the list below, please contact me. EvelynGobleSteen@gmail.com

The listing below includes, name - birth date - enlistment date - service - and source of information (when available).

• GOEBEL, Marvin Eugene - 09/24/1947 in Jackson, Michigan - Served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. Branch was Navy, rank was E4.Served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. Branch was Navy, rank was E4. - His wife, Sarah Goebel Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOEBEL, Marvin E - 04/24/28 Death Date:09/17/67 - 02/10/1967 - Served in the Army 14 months. He was single, from Edgerton, Ohio. He was a non-hostile casualty. Died of Illness/Injuries. - Vietnam Casualty Index
  
  
• GOEBEL, Rupert Watson, Jr. - 27 OCT 1949 - ? - Served as a SP4 in the U. S. ARMY. From Gastonia, NC. Killed 03 MAR 1969 in South VIETNAM. HOSTILE FIRE. - src1:National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Military Personnel Who Died (Including Missing and Captured Declared Dead) as a result of the Vietnam conflict, 1957-1995. src2:Vietnam Casualty Index Unknown Relationship
  
  
• GOEBEL, Thomas Anthony - 08/08/1948 Death Date:10/26/1970 - 01/18/1970 - Served in the Marine Corps 3 months. He was single, from Rockford, Illinois. He was a non-hostile casualty. Died of Other Causes. - Vietnam Casualty Index
  
  
• GOBBLE, Charles Hartsell - 01/09/1936 Death Date: 09/05/1967 - 05/16/1967 - Served in the Army. He was single from Johnson City, Tennessee. He was killed in action. - Vietnam Casualty Index
  
  
• GOBLE, Arthur Glenn (11) Jr. - October 19, 1945 - 1968 to 1972 - Served in the US Navy as a Lieutenant. - Judy (Rogers) Goble Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Billie Joe - about 1920 - ? - Served in the US Marines in both the Viet Nam and Korean wars. - C.D.Goble German Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Bruce Edwin (11) - January 21, 1951 - 1971 thru 1972 - US Army March 1971 - April 1991. He was a supply clerk with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam in 1971 - 1972. SFC (retired) - Wayne E. Goble Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Charles H. - May 30, 1942 - Served as MSGT in the U.S. AIR FORCE. Nationwide Gravesite Locator - Unconnected
  
  
• GOBLE, Charles Landon - January 16, 2944 - Served as a PVT in the U. S. Army. Nationwide Gravesite Locator - Unconnected
  
  
• GOBLE, Douglas McArthur - February 25, 1942 - ? - Served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam era. "Obituary," Calhoun Times and Gordon County News, Wed, July 11, 2001 (provided by Martha C. Davis). Southern Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Garry Lee - June 1, 1942 - Served as SP4 in the US Army from 03/26/1963 - 12/06/1965. Veterans Gravesite Data - German Tree
  
  
• GOBLE,James C. - ? - ? - From high school joined the Army as a Para-trooper with the 82 Airborne Division and spent five years with tours of combat duty in both the Dominican Republic and Vietnam. biography on Tillimook County Futures
  
  
• GOBLE, Jerry C. Jr. - ? - ? - Jerry served his country as a U S marine. He was stationed at Chu Lai Vietnam.The Wall - Memorial Day Commemoration from Aristotle Internet
  
  
• GOBLE, Joel Fredrick (11) - October 3, 1930 - 1951-1972 - Navy Air control traffic Operator (E-8) Senior Chief -in the Vietnam War in 1967 and 1968 on the U.S.S. America CV66. Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Joseph Dale (11) - July 20, 1951 - ? - Served as Executive Support Officer for the 449th Civil Engineering Squadron as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force during the Viet Nam War. His next duty assignment was Viet Nam when Nixon ended the war. - Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Larry Gene (12) - Navy during the Vietnam War - Obituary Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Michael L. (12) - July 29, 1947 - Sept 9, 1964 - Sgt. 2128076 USMC, Aviation Radar Repair Crew Chief - MACS-4 on Hill 647 outside Danang. Served in Vietnam from June 1967 to July 1968 - Sgt. Michael L. Goble Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Norman Robert - January 22, 1947 - December 12, 1966 - Army, SP4, Killed in action November 21, 1967. Home of record was Midland Park, NJ. NORMAN ROBERT GOBLE was born on January 22, 1947 and joined the Armed Forces while in MIDLAND PARK, NJ. He served as a 36K20 in the Army. In 1 year of service, he attained the rank of SP4/E4. On November 21, 1967, at the age of 20, NORMAN ROBERT GOBLE perished in the service of our country in South Vietnam, Binh Duong. Norman is memorialized on Panel 30E, Row 55. (src1)Vietnam Casualty Index. (src2)National Archives and Records Administration Center for Electronic Records U.S. Military Personnel Who Died - - Unknown Relationship
  
  
• GOBLE, Patrick Michael (Mike) - December 24, 1949 - February 1, 1968 - Marine Corps, PFC, Killed in action May 7, 1968. PFC - E2 - Marine Corps - Regular, 18 year old Single, Caucasian, Male, From BURNET, TEXAS, Casualty Date: May 7, 1968, Vietnam Memorial: Panel 56E - - Line 24. - (src1)Vietnam Casualty Index. (src2)USMC VIETNAM Guestbook 126-150 - German Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Peter C. - ? - June 11,1964 to June 11,1968 - USMC with the 1st Marine Div in 1965 and was in 1st Tanks, on B-12 Tank. Returned to the US August 1966 for three months and returned to Vietnam November 1966 until January 1968. Hometown was Isle of Palms SC. - USMC VIETNAM Guestbook 126-150 Relationship Unknown
  
  
• GOBLE, Philip Edwards - 1943 - ? - He spent 32 years in the Marine Corps, served two tours in Vietnam, rising from PFC to Lt. Colonel before retiring. - (src1)Phil Goble, Jr. Unconnected Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Raymond K. - Fought in the Vietnam War. Enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard - involved in may fire fights as a River Boat Patrolman. Unconnected Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Richard A. - Jan 25, 1949 - He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Died Sep 9, 1975 in Danville, IL as a result of a motorcycle accident. Src:Brian Issacs Unconnected Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Stanley William (10) - He was stationed at Clark AB, Philippines as an Air Traffic Control Officer and was temporarily assigned to Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. SRC: Bob Thompson Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE,Wayne Eugene (11) - Wayne went through artillery school, then language school with the state department's Foreign Service institute for language training. He wound up in military intelligence in Vietnam where he served for 14 months - March 1967 to May 1968. He was an interrogator/translator (French) with Co A, 519th MI Bn (assigned to MACV J-2). SRC: Wayne Goble Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Willie Bernard - Received the Bronze Star Medal (Service) in Vietnam. Src:Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972 Record - Southern Goble Tree
  
  
• GOBLE, Woody - Fought in the Vietnam War. Was medically retired as a Captain from the U.S. Marine Corp. Received the Silver Star. Lt "Woody" Goble was the wingman on a flight led by Major Harvey Britt to extract the division recon team "Tender Rancho" at TA YD181262. The assumption can be made that Lt Wyatt was Goble's copilot, for reasons that will become clear as the story continues. Before the extract it was decided to insert a the first platoon of D/1/1 Marines instead. During the insert attempt at 1930H, the flight began to take fire from multiple .50 cal machine guns. This attempt was aborted until fixed wing and UH-1 gunships could work the zone over. Meanwhile the recon team was receiving heavy mortar and small-arms fire in the zone. At 2000H the flight began its second approach to the zone without any fixed wing or gunship support. Both aircraft received heavy small arms fire and mortar fire while in the zone. Three of Lt Goble's crew were wounded as were two of the embarked troops on their departure. The fire knocked out one of Goble's engines. Goble unloaded his crew except for the crewchief and made a single engine takeoff. (This is where I get my assumption that Wyatt must have been the copilot, since it appears that the copilot was too disabled to assist in the flight.) Goble returned to the base and obtained another aircraft (thought to be BuNo 154022) with the intention of continuing the lift. During the next approach at 2055H he crashed in the zone due to uncertain causes. (source: Email from Neil Allen) Unconnected Tree
  
  
• HAYES, Robert W. (11) - Air Force Major - Died October 6, 1969, Da Nang Vietnam (5 Oct, their time) Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• HORSCH, Michael L. (12) - U. S. Army in 1969. Six year of active duty. Two tours in Viet Nam. Remained in the Army Reserves. July 2001 Michael received the Distinguish Flying Cross for saving a ranger while in Viet Nam in 1971. They had been searching for each other since that time. On Christmas Eve 2001, ABC TV produced "Coming Together." The show was about people finding each other after many years. Michael Horsch appeared in the segment titled "A Soldiers Story." Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• HORSCH, Patrick H (12),Jr - U. S. Air Force 1967. His tour of duty in Viet Nam was Febuary 1968 to 1969. He was discharged in 1971. Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• LONGVIEW, Richard B. (Horsch)(12) - U. S. Navy Jan 1978 to 1982. Thomas Goble Tree
  
  
• MCDONALD, Kurt Casey (11) - 19 Aug 1934 - Kurt was a MIA/POW in the Vietnam war. He was listed as MIA on 12/31/64. His status was changed to KIA (killed in action) on 10/24/82.
  
  
• SUTTON, Philip Gregory (11) - Was in the U. S. Army. Served in Vietnam Thomas Goble Tree

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