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WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1935 – May 10, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Golden, of Largo, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HARMS JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- RONALD WALTER HOLTPrivate First Class · May 10, 1970
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · May 10, 1970
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM MERSCHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 14
- EDDIE MOLINO JRCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 14
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · Panel 10W, Line 16
- GARY ALLEN TURNBULLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
From Largo
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
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.