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JIM ROY GONZALES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1945 – July 1, 1968
Service recordJim Roy Gonzales, of Lompoc, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 29
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 29
- WILLIAM WALTER HESTERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- BERNARD HOLLIDAYSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY ROMANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 1, 1968
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
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.