Found 2 more DAT Seawolves (one was a Plank Owner)

[Dan Arnes]

02/15/2016

**03** Found and finally confirmed DAT Plank Owner Seawolf James Burl “Goody” GOODSON, ADJ1, Maintenance, Vung Tau, 6/15/1967 to 4/23/1968. Found in Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 showing his first enlistment matching his ADBD in HA(L)-3 EDVR’s. 1940 US Census & subsequent SS application showed his full name to be James Burl Goodson, also matching HA(L)-3 EDVR’s. Wife Mary Louise Vaughn passed away in 1990, no other known living relatives. He got out of the Navy on 18 Feb 1977, about 6 months before he died. May have made CPO, but cannot confirm it.

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02/16/2016

**04** Found and spoke with sister of DAT Seawolf Roger Dean “Duck” NICELY, AR, Gunner (8263), may not have gone to Det, 7/23/1970 to 11/5/1970 & 4/26/1971 to 4/28/1971. He got into trouble and was transferred to NSA Saigon and then back to us, then to NAVSUPPACT NHA BE, 2 days later. Passed away in 2012 of lung cancer.

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Dan
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(1100 Seawolves found since I started tracking the numbers on 6/3/2010)

Of 2,555 confirmed Seawolf names, 279 Navy Seawolves now remaining to be found, which includes 23 Plank Owners.

Sadly, we have 568 confirmed DAT (Died After Tour), (22.23%).

Also looking for some prior Association Members we’ve lost contact with:
Homer E. Tipton; Franklin G. Gregory; Ramsey M. Hawley; Charles V. Russell; Donald C. Wilson ,
and possibly more now.