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JOSE BERNARDINO GONZALES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1944 – December 9, 1966
Service recordJose Bernardino Gonzales, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Lunas, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 24
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- LUCIOUS LIONEL EVERETTSergeant · December 9, 1966
- ADRIAN JOSEPH IBROMSpecialist Four · December 9, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCVAYLance Corporal · December 9, 1966
From Los Lunas
- DANIEL FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
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.