United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Thomas August Goetsch
1953 – 1972
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Airman Apprentice Thomas August Goetsch served in the U.S. Navy. Thomas served aboard USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63. Thomas served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Thomas was 19 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Drowning
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
USS KITTY HAWK, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
ABHAA: Aviation Boatswain's Mate Striker
AV BOATSWAIN'S MATE (ACFT HANDLING)
MEMPHIS, TN
1972
Pay grade E02.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
3
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Record added
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Thomas August Goetsch
Airman Apprentice
U.S. Navy
- 1972
USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)
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