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ERNEST LAWRENCE GOMEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – December 9, 1968
Service recordErnest Lawrence Gomez, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 74
- LEO STANLEY GORALSKIPrivate First Class · December 9, 1968
- ERNEST JOSEPH GRASSISpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- GARRY DWIGHT HAYNESSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.