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DAVID ROBERT GOLL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – May 14, 1970
Service recordDavid Robert Goll, of Garner, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 984 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Garner, Iowa (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 41
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
- DONALD G KUZILLASergeant · May 14, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LARKIN IICaptain · May 14, 1970
From Garner
- RICKEY DON REVLANDPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
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.