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ATANACIO GOMEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – April 13, 1968
Service recordAtanacio Gomez JR, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 41
- AGAPITO GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JOE EDD GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- JOHN OKEMAHSergeant First Class · April 13, 1968
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
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.