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CARLOS GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordCarlos Gonzalez, of Hamilton City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamilton City, California (Glenn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 32
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN HANNAMANSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
- PAUL JAMES MEAUXCorporal · August 17, 1968
- HOMER LAMAR MULLINAXSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICKY RAY HIGHLANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 33
- JOSEPH R STEINER IIISergeant · Panel 48W, Line 35
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.