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ROLLIN EUGENE GOLIGHTLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – December 28, 1967
Service recordRollin Eugene Golightly, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 87
- JAMES BLAINE COXCorporal · December 28, 1967
- PHILIP NICK GANDOLFOSpecialist Four · December 28, 1967
- SALOME HERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1967
- THOMAS BERNARD HOLDBROOKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EVAN ANTILLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 84
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 85
- DANIEL LEE HAVENSSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 86
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 88
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.