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MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordMichael Filbert Gonzales, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 117
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 117
- RICHARD OWEN GANLEYLieutenant Colonel · November 24, 1969
- LARRY IRWIN GREWELLChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- JOSEPH RANDAL HARRISSergeant · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 114
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 115
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- LAURENCE ATWOOD YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Glenwood Springs
- LARRY RUSSELL KENNANNCorporal · June 20, 1968
- CHARLES LELAND ADKINSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
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.