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JOSEPH JAMES GOMEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 13, 1951 – March 12, 1971
Service recordJoseph James Gomez, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 40
- JERRY LEE DANAYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JOEL THOMAS HAGEMANCaptain · March 12, 1971
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 39
- ROBERT WALTER THORNESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 42
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.