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DOUGLAS DAVID GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – June 14, 1968
Service recordDouglas David Gonzalez, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 18
- LARVON FLOYDCorporal · June 14, 1968
- JESSE VIRGINIUS HAWK IIIStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1968
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- RICKIE JEROME JACOBSPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DAVID DUELK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 17
- LARVON FLOYDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 18
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 20
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.