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JUAN E GONZALES
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1918 – January 25, 1971
Service recordJuan E Gonzales, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (63Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 26, 1918
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1971
- Age
- 52
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1971, 259 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 64
- RICHARD CHARLES PORTERLance Corporal · January 24, 1971
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
- WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1971
- GERALD LYNN CARTERLieutenant · January 26, 1971
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.