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JOSE LUNA GONZALES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1950 – September 4, 1970
Service recordJose Luna Gonzales JR, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1950
- Home of record
- New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 37
- CRAIG THOMAS WATERMANCorporal · September 3, 1970
- RUSSELL RALPH COSTELLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 4, 1970
- JOSEPH KENT GRENIERAirman First Class · September 4, 1970
- WILLIAM HARPSergeant · September 4, 1970
From New Braunfels
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENITO MORALESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · February 10, 1968
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
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.