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EDWARD ENOCH GOLDER III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1944 – October 25, 1968
Service recordEdward Enoch Golder III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 32
- TOM GAYLE CASEYPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN DORIOPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- LEONARD ALLEN GUYCorporal · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD ALLEN GUYCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 32
- PAUL MARTIN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 34
- ALLAN EDWARD SCHWARTZCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 34
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.