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JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJuan Antonio Gonzalez, of Uvalde, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 42
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 42
- JAMES FRANKLIN AKINSSergeant · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · May 19, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 40
- JAMES WILBUR ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 41
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 42
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 43
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
From Uvalde
- ALANSON GARLAND BYNUMStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 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.