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ANGEL L GONZALES-MADERA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1932 – January 8, 1969
Service recordAngel L Gonzales-Madera, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Aibonito, Puerto Rico (Aibonito County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 56
- HARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- STEVEN SLUSHERSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
From Aibonito
- TEODORITO RIOS-ROSARIOSergeant · August 26, 1968
- MOISES CARTAGENA-ACOSTAFirst Sergeant · August 13, 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.