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WAYNE LEONARD GOLON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1944 – February 5, 1968
Service recordWayne Leonard Golon, of Bergenfield, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 35
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Bergenfield, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 35
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN EDGARCaptain · February 5, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 32
- ANTHONY DEGEROLAMO JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 34
- ROBERT TORRESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Bergenfield
- FRANCIS CAMPEAUPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROSS APPLEGATESpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1968
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.