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DENNIS GONZALEZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1946 – October 8, 1969
Service recordDennis Gonzalez, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 50
- ELMORE LAWRENCE HALLStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1969
- WILLIAMS OTIS JACKSONStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1969
- RONALD ARTHUR KLINGMANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- RONALD HAROLD KNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESTER MCCABESergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 51
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 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.