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MANUEL JOSEPH GOMEZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1933 – April 17, 1968
Service recordManuel Joseph Gomez, of Vallejo, California, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Mobile Forces Satcom Radio Chief (2539)
- Born
- March 25, 1933
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 28
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JERRY FRANK GARCIALance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.