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AMALIO GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1943 – April 25, 1966
Service recordAmalio Gonzalez, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 134
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 134
- RICHARD MICHAEL LINESPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL OLSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 1966
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- KENNETH HARVEY DELPPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL LINESPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 135
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.