“I helped integrate a lot of places — not on purpose,” Mr. Goines told the Virginian-Pilot in 2018. William Harvey Goines was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 10, 1936, and moved to Lockland ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – William Harvey Goines, America’s first Black Navy SEAL, died at the age of 87 on Monday, June 10. His service will be held in Norfolk later this month. Goines ...

William Goines, the first Black Navy SEAL, is dead at 87. In 1962, Goines joined a 40-person unit that reported to the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va. That led to him ...

Still, William Goines left Lockland, Ohio at 19 to join the Navy, soon became one of just a handful of early Black ‘frogmen’ and was eventually the only Black sailor picked to help form the ...

William Goines, the man credited with being the first Black Navy SEAL in the modern SEAL team era, passed away Monday, June 10, the U.S. Naval Institute confirmed. He was 88 years old. Born in ...

"I helped integrate a lot of places - not on purpose," Mr. Goines told the Virginian-Pilot in 2018. William Harvey Goines was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 10, 1936, and moved to Lockland as a ...

William Harvey Goines, America's first Black Navy SEAL, died at the age of 87 on Monday, June 10. His service will be held in Norfolk later this month. New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be ...

Master Chief Petty Officer William Goines died Monday, June 10. He was 88 years old. (U.S. Naval Institute) William Goines, the man credited with being the first Black Navy SEAL in the modern SEAL ...

NORFOLK — William “Bill” Goines, the first Black man to serve as a Navy SEAL, died this week. He was 88. Goines was among the first group chosen to serve on the special operations force when ...