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ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordEligio Rice Gonzales JR, of Marfa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Marfa, Texas (Presidio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 2
- FORREST JAY FLYTECorporal · June 6, 1968
- HARRIS ALAN FOLMARSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- JACKIE FRANKENSTEINLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH FRAZIER JRLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 24
- DENNIS ARCHIBALDSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 24
- LEE RANDALL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 26
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 7
- ANDREW PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 13
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- JOHN PATRICK THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 16
- JAMES KENNETH WHEELERSpecialist Six · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JAMES SCHENLER WOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 18
From Marfa
- JOE HENRY SAMANIEGOStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- MARIO JUAN MENDIASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
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.