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JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJose Luis Gonzalez, of Miami, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Arizona (Gila County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 47
- HOWARD THOMAS FOXMajor · February 25, 1969
- JUAN GASTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- KENNETH RAY GILLIAMLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- PHIL DAVID JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 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.