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DONALD LEWIS GOLDEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1942 – November 30, 1970
Service recordDonald Lewis Golden, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 98
- RAFAEL ANGEL DIAZSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- EUGENE EDWARDSSergeant · November 30, 1970
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT SAMPSON GEERSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 97
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 99
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 100
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 100
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 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.