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William Goines

First Black Navy SEAL

Died when: 87 years 274 days (1053 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

William Goines

William Goines (born 1936) was a retired Navy SEAL and the first African American to become a member of the Navy SEALs.

Though Engineman Second Class Fred "Tiz" Morrison has often been credited as being the first African American Navy SEAL - he served in World War II and Korean War in the Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams - the precursor to Navy SEALs, he was not part of the Navy SEALs formed in 1962.

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