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LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 24, 1945 – June 17, 1968
Service recordLuis Garcia Gonzales JR, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 June 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 14
- RONALD JAY LOCKHARTPrivate · June 17, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MACHUTCorporal · June 17, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD GOODMANSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 11
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 1971
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.