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ANTHONY GOLSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – March 3, 1970
Service recordAnthony Golson, of Salley, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Salley, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 77
- LARRY DUANE ARONHALTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 3, 1970
- KENNETH SAMUEL DEEFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1970
From Salley
- R J SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.