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GEORGE GREART GONSALVES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1944 – January 5, 1968
Service recordGeorge Greart Gonsalves, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 48
- JAMES CUTHBERT HARTNEYColonel · July 19, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- CARL EDWARD HIXSONCorporal · January 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 45
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 47
- ALVIN SAMUEL JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 49
- FLORIAN HENRY KUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 52
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
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.