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RICHARD GONZALEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRichard Gonzalez, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 3
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · May 8, 1968
- FRED SAMUEL FULLERTON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- CARL OSCAR PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 34
- GREG ALAN DUBOISPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 2
- NORMAND EDWARD FONTAINESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · Panel 57E, Line 3
- JOHN FRANCIS MORANSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM VIKTORYN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 11
- ROOSEVELT WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 12
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.