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JESUS GONZALEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1937 – March 6, 1967
Service recordJesus Gonzalez, of Robstown, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Robstown, Texas (Nueces County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 28
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIROStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIROStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 28
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 30
From Robstown
- RUBEN GARZA CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- MARIO P DELEONCorporal · August 18, 1969
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.