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PAUL GUTTERREZ GONZALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordPaul Gutterrez Gonzales, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 20
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- TERRY FRANCIS DROWNSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CORR JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- JACK LEONARD HAGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 21
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 23
- EDWARD JEROME SHAUGHNESSYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.