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GUADALUPE GONZALEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1941 – March 24, 1970
Service recordGuadalupe Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 38
- JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1970
- FRANK WILLIAM DAWSONLance Corporal · March 24, 1970
- CARRIS MICHAEL FRANCISCorporal · March 24, 1970
- BERMAN GANOE JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
From Alice
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
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.