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CARLOS M GONZALES
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1950 – June 15, 1969
Service recordCarlos M Gonzales, of El Monte, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 52
- JAMES LEONARD GALKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1969
- RONALD RAY GARNERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- KISH LEMONT GREENWarrant Officer 1 · June 15, 1969
- JAMES G GRINERSpecialist Five · June 15, 1969
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.