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ALBERT GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1946 – July 23, 1968
Service recordAlbert Gonzalez, of Hollister, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Hollister, California (San Benito County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 39
- LAWRENCE DEAN GOSENLieutenant Commander · July 23, 1968
- BILLY MONROE GROSSStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- ARTHUR HADDOCKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ELLIOTT TIMOTHYPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 45
From Hollister
- GABRIEL BETANCOURTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIASSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
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.