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EDWARDO JOSE GONZALES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordEdwardo Jose Gonzales, of Sinton, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 58
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Sinton, Texas (San Patricio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 58
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- REGINALD FLACKPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
From Sinton
- JOSE TORRESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · April 12, 1968
- DOMINGO RAUL GONZALESStaff Sergeant · April 21, 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.