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DOMINGO RAUL GONZALES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1940 – April 21, 1968
Service recordDomingo Raul Gonzales, of Sinton, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- January 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Sinton, Texas (San Patricio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD PHILIP DEANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- NEIL HARRIS EXUMPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS FULKERSINSergeant · April 21, 1968
From Sinton
- JOSE TORRESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- EDWARDO JOSE GONZALESLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · April 12, 1968
- ROBERTO ESCOBEDOPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.