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HAROLD GOMEZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordHarold Gomez, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 69
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 69
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- GLENN ALVIN HARRISLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- BYRON GRANT HIGHLANDGunnery Sergeant · February 21, 1967
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 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.