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MILTON GOLDSMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – March 2, 1970
Service recordMilton Goldsmith, of Brevard, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Brevard, North Carolina (Transylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 74
- VICTOR DELGRECO JRSergeant · March 2, 1970
- RICHARD AUGUST HOSTIKKACaptain · March 2, 1970
- MARTIN JEROME KEOGHSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
- JOSEPH CHARLES LAZICKISpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
From Brevard
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- VERRELL DANIEL STILESCorporal · March 28, 1967
- LANE ABERHAM TILSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- VICTOR GARNETT MCCALLPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1969
- FRANK DANIEL TINSLEYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
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.