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JOSE ALBERTO GONZALEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJose Alberto Gonzalez, of Norwalk, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 123
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 123
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANCIS BERGERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 121
- PETER ALLAN COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 122
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 123
- LLOYD WILNER JACKSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 124
- ROBERT RAYMOND LOHENRYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 125
- DAVID CARROLL MCCRANIESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
- JOSEPH VERN REDMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 128
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.