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GILBERT MENDOZA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordGilbert Mendoza, of El Monte, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 22, 1944
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 50
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · April 19, 1968
- EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · April 19, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.