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CHARLES RONALD GOLLING
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1946 – August 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Ronald Golling, of Nevada, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Nevada, Ohio (Wyandot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 42
- RAMON GARCIAStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEONCaptain · August 23, 1968
- FRANK GOMEZSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNEDSergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE GRIMSHAWPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 47W, Line 43
From Nevada
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · January 7, 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.