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PEDRO CHAVARRIA GONZALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – July 17, 1968
Service recordPedro Chavarria Gonzales, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 46
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- WILLIAM POWELLPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- GARY PAUL ROWLETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR SALCIDOCorporal · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE JUNIOR DOMINICKPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 42
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.