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ROBERT WALTER GOLDEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1945 – June 19, 1966
Service recordRobert Walter Golden, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 27, 1945
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 62
- EDWIN RAY TRAVNICEKCorporal · June 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN BRADLEYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1966
- GARRY LEE BURGESSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- VINCENT GERALD ST MOELLERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1966
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.