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ROBERT GONZALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – August 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Gonzales, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 1
- MARCO AURELIO FREGOSOPrivate · August 28, 1969
- WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- EDWARD HERBERT SHERRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALDEN DOUGHTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 128
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 1
- THOMAS PATRICK MCKERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 3
- CHARLIE SIMMONS JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 5
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.