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STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – March 21, 1970
Service recordStephen Arthur Golsh, of La Crescenta, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- La Crescenta, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 29
- RONALD LEE CREAGERLance Corporal · March 21, 1970
- RICHARD LEE EHNESStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- DAVID GONZALESSergeant · March 21, 1970
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 28
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 28
- RICHARD LEE EHNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 30
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 31
- JOHN PAUL WANTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 32
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 32
From La Crescenta
- MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIANHospitalman · June 18, 1966
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- GREGORY PAUL KELLYLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CALLEN JAMES COURTEMANCHECorporal · January 31, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD SPENCERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.