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ERIC STUART GOLD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – January 5, 1969
Service recordEric Stuart Gold, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 35W, Line 38
- GERALD ROBERT ABBENHAUS JRPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- LLOYD ARTHUR FEDERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- DAVID DAN FOSTERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MICHAEL GALEALance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- LEO ALLEN GEORGEPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.