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AMADOR L GONZALEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – May 3, 1967
Service recordAmador L Gonzalez, of San Diego, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, Texas (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 25
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT WALDRON FORBUSH JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICKY MARK GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIS RAY HEAVINSergeant · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 23
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 27
- CLEON LARRY SCHREFFLERCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 32
From San Diego
- FREDERICO PEREZSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
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.