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MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 9, 1950 – July 31, 1971
Service recordManuel Gomezgutierrez, of Yuba City, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1971, 118 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 118
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
- HOWARD LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- NEIL ADAMS JRStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDY ALLEN FLESHMANSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 119
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.