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JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1946 – August 20, 1968
Service recordJoaquin Christopher Gonzalez, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 9
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 1968
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- ROY MARVIN JOHNSONSergeant · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 6
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 6
- JOHN ALEXANDER CONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- ROBERT WALLACE LAISCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 10
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 11
- RAYMOND LUNA PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 12
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 12
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.