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ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 9, 1944 – May 22, 1968
Service recordAndres Avalos Gonzalez, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 9
- GEORGE GUERRA JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- CLYDE RANDALL HAMBYPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM BURDICK HUGHESStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
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.