Lawrence Herbert Golberg
Era: Vietnam
Military Branch: Air Force
Lawrence Golberg was born on December 31, 1932, near Duluth, the son of Ida Golberg.
Mr. Golberg was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the Reserve Officers Training Corps program.
In 1966, he was one of the first Air Force F-4 pilots to shoot down a communist MIG-17 during a combat air patrol mission for a downed RF-101 pilot.
His rank was Colonel.
Col Golberg and Maj. Patrick Wynne were killed in action on August 8, 1966, when the F-4C Phantom plane they were piloting crashed in the jungle over North Vietnam after a reconnaissance mission.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, November 24, 2007 (see article, below); Vietnam Memorial Names form
Article: “Duluth Native to Be Honored”
A ceremony will be held Tuesday at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee to commemorate two military veterans killed in action, including one from Duluth, Minnesota.
Col. Lawrence Golberg was born in 1932 near Duluth and was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the Reserve Officers Training Corps program. In 1966, he was one of the first Air Force F-4 pilots to shoot down a communist MIG-17 during a combat air patrol mission for a downed RF-101 pilot. He and Maj. Patrick Wynne, who also will be honored at the ceremony, were killed in action on August 8, 1966, when the F-4C Phantom plane they were piloting crashed in the jungle over North Vietnam after a reconnaissance mission.
The ceremony will be open to the public and will start at 10 a.m.
