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MARGARITO RODRIQUEZ GOMEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – July 23, 1971
Service recordMargarito Rodriquez Gomez, of Ft Lupton, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Lupton, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 112
- RICHARD LEE PAGESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- DAVID BERNARD BEGLAUSergeant · July 22, 1971
- LUIS JOSE MONROIGFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1971
- TONY ANGUIANOSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
From Ft Lupton
- JOHNNY STEVE BOSSERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- JOSE RAMON SANDOVALCorporal · January 11, 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.