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FELIDELPHIO BENJAMIN GOMEZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1944 – May 18, 1966
Service recordFelidelphio Benjamin Gomez, of Trinchera, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 80
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Trinchera, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 80
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- JAMES L CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- JOHN E DIECKMANNCaptain · May 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.