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MERCED HERMAN GONZALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1946 – November 28, 1966
Service recordMerced Herman Gonzales, of Woodlake, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodlake, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “116 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 127
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- DAVID LEE SIVERLYFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12E, Line 126
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 127
- DAVID LEE SIVERLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 127
From Woodlake
- PHILLIP JOSE BARBACorporal · November 20, 1970
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · May 16, 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.