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JOHN BRYAN GOLZ
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 19, 1945 – April 22, 1970
Service recordJohn Bryan Golz, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 22, 1970, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 172 USS SHANGRI LA CVS 38
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 35
- DONALD GARTH FISHERColonel · April 22, 1970
- ELY GRANTHAM JRMaster Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- SEVIER GRAY JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- STEPHEN WARREN HARRISTechnical Sergeant · April 22, 1970
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
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.