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CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1930 – May 1, 1966
Service recordCarlos Saavedra Gonzalez, of Mission, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1930
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 16
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- MERLE ALLAN KINNEYLance Corporal · May 1, 1966
- KARL F SCHRANKPrivate · May 1, 1966
From Mission
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- JORGE VARGASPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
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.