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HENRY GOMEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – October 2, 1967
Service recordHenry Gomez, of Riverside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 39
- ANDREW JAMES GARRITYLance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- RONALD HALLPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · October 2, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
- GENE WENDELL LAYPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 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.