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JIMMY DARWIN GOLMON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1944 – December 20, 1966
Service recordJimmy Darwin Golmon, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 December 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 63
- EUGENE WAYNE BURKHARTPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FRANKLIN HARRISPrivate · December 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS HARRISLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- DAVID ANTHONY LUMFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1966
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.