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FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1942 – October 8, 1967
Service recordFrancisco Herman Gonzalez, of Passaic, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 71
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
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Passaic, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 71
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JOHN HENRY GILLILAND IIIPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1967
- RAUL ANTONIO GUERRASeaman · October 8, 1967
From Passaic
- EDWARD JOSEPH PAULSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- ALBERT C LAWSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- GEORGE MCCLELLANDStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JRCorporal · March 30, 1969
- STEWART SAMUEL BURRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- FRANCO DIANIPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
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.