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JESUS ANTONIO GONZALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1950 – January 19, 1971
Service recordJesus Antonio Gonzales, of Swink, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Swink, Colorado (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 56
- STEPHEN ALLEN ALTSCHAFFLSpecialist Five · January 19, 1971
- GLENN RAY ETHINGTONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1971
- RONALD DUANE ROWSEYSergeant · January 19, 1971
- WILLIAM RUIZ JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
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.