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OSCAR CRUZ GONZALES
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – January 25, 1970
Service recordOscar Cruz Gonzales, of Hidalgo, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 65
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Hidalgo, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 65
- RONALD DAVID HECKSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- BARRY VORRATH HOPPERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ROBERT LAMAR JOHNSONSergeant · January 25, 1970
- THOMAS JAMES KORDOSKYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN GARCIACorporal · Panel 14W, Line 64
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 66
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 67
- GEORGE THOMAS SPILLERSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 67
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.