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ROBERT RAZO GOMEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1938 – November 16, 1966
Service recordRobert Razo Gomez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 78
- JAY KARL BOOKSLance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- LAMOINE EUGENE GROWPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- BERNARD JACK ODONNELLPrivate · November 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- OCTAVIANO MARTINEZ HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 80
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.