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JIMMY GONZALES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1943 – February 15, 1966
Service recordJimmy Gonzales, of Madera, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Madera, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 38
- DAVID LUTHER FISHERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- OSCAR MAUTERERColonel · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 1966
From Madera
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD LAFAYETTE INCROCCIPrivate · May 26, 1968
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 17, 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.