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ANDRES ARMANDO R GOMEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordAndres Armando R Gomez, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 18
- PAUL MARK FONESCorporal · January 10, 1968
- THOMAS ALFRED GHELLICorporal · January 10, 1968
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · January 10, 1968
- PHILIP LEE GREGORYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PFEISTERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 24
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.