Lawrence Herbert Golberg

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; Vietnam Memorial Names form

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