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KENNETH D GOLDEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1946 – April 3, 1966
Service recordKenneth D Golden JR, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 81
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- CASIMIRO PALACIOSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- JOSEPH W PARENTCaptain · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CASIMIRO PALACIOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 81
- JOHN C WRONSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 82
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
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.