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HECTOR GONZALEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 18, 1944 – July 25, 1968
Service recordHector Gonzalez, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 6
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- WAYNE ARNOLD KELLERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROBERT LANGCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 7
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.