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ISABELO JIMENEZ-GONZALEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1947 – January 1, 1969
Service recordIsabelo Jimenez-Gonzalez, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 16
- WAYNE LINDSAY HAWESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- KEVIN MICHAEL HURLEYCorporal · January 1, 1969
- CARL ALVIN JONESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- THOMAS F JOURDANAIS JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MICHAEL HURLEYCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 16
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.