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ROBERT ARTHUR GOMEZ
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 20, 1944 – April 23, 1970
Service recordRobert Arthur Gomez, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 23, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- March 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 23, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “497 TFS 8 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 40
- CHARLES COOKCorporal · April 23, 1970
- MICHAEL STEVEN CORREAStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- DENNIS KEITH EADSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 23, 1970
- HARRY CHARLES GREERCorporal · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBIN EARL LUCKICaptain · Panel 11W, Line 41
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.