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RIGOBERTO GOMEZ-DIAZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – August 18, 1969
Service recordRigoberto Gomez-Diaz, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 60
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 60
- RODNEY LOUIS ENGELPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN FOXPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- MARK WELDON GRIGSBYSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GUYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN BASSIGNANIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 58
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.