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DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLO
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 22, 1943 – March 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Gomez-Badillo, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Aguadilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL EVANGELISTALance Corporal · March 2, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE GUILLENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · March 2, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
From Aguadilla
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZSergeant · December 1, 1967
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · March 2, 1968
- RAFAEL SANCHEZ-SALIVAMajor · May 17, 1968
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.