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EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1943 – March 22, 1966
Service recordEduardo Gonzalez-Droz, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 39
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- BRUCE RANDOLPH LANDIS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- JERRY DWAIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- MARION LEONARD LEE JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 37
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.