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EVELIO ALFRED GOMEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – August 19, 1970
Service recordEvelio Alfred Gomez, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 124
- FREDERICK WILLARD CROSSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
- FRANK ROCCO FRATELLENICOCorporal · August 19, 1970
- TERENCE MICHAEL KJOSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
- DANIEL LAWRENCE AAMOLDAirman First Class · August 20, 1970
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.