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JOHN DAVID GOLLAHON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1942 – June 30, 1968
Service recordJohn David Gollahon, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 30, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 23
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 23
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- TERRY EUGENE DIFFENDERFERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- GEORGE BENNIE DUKESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.