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LUIS G GOMEZ-MESA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1945 – September 1, 1968
Service recordLuis G Gomez-Mesa, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 19
- GWYN THAXTON HENSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD HINSONCorporal · September 1, 1968
- LARRY FRANCIS C HOADLEYStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL DEAN BUSSESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 18
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- STEVE MASAO OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 21
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.