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FRED EDWARD GOLD
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – September 22, 1969
Service recordFred Edward Gold, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 125
- ROBERT LEE HAGER JRCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS HENSLEYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 124
- LARRY WAYNE ELLISSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 124
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 125
- MARK WAYNE SURBERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 126
- CLINTON EUGENE MILLERCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 127
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
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.