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FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordFrank Cavosos Gonzales, of Marble Falls, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Marble Falls, Texas (Burnet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 62
- STEVEN CARL GASSENFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL PATRICK LESSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 64
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · Panel 43W, Line 65
- JAMES BERNARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Marble Falls
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · June 8, 1966
- BENNY EARL WIMBERLYPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.