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JOHN MICHAEL GOLDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1949 – June 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Golden, of Westminster, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Westminster, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 34
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- OTHA DOUGLAS GIBSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JIMMY RIED HARRIESFireman · June 25, 1968
- DAVID R HOFFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
From Westminster
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DENNIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- GALE EDWARD GOTTIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HENRY MUCHA JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EARL WILLIAM FERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- JOHN LESTER KITZMILLERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · February 28, 1968
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · February 28, 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.