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OSCAR JOE GOMEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – February 9, 1970
Service recordOscar Joe Gomez, of D'hanis, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- D'hanis, Texas (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 117
- CHARLES RAY BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE GRIFFINLieutenant Colonel · February 9, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR GRINERLieutenant · February 9, 1970
- THOMAS FRANK HAGENSpecialist Five · February 9, 1970
From D'hanis
- VICTOR D BERMEASergeant · May 29, 1966
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.