Goetsch, Thomas August
Navy Airman apprentice

Thomas August Goetsch, age 19, from Shelby County Memphis, Tennessee .

Parents: Harvey B. Goetsch

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Westhaven High

Date of death: Sunday, September 17, 1972
Death details: Died in the Gulf of Tonkin when he fells from the aircraft carier Kitty Hawk. He was seen within 50 yards of safety when he went down. His body was not recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense Pow/MIA Accounting Agency, Commerical Appeal (1972)