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ROBERTO GONZALEZ-SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – October 2, 1969
Service recordRoberto Gonzalez-Sanchez, of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (Barceloneta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 27
- JOHN FRANK DUARTE JRPrivate · October 2, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN GOREPetty Officer First Class · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE GORSUCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- ALLEN BENJAMIN GOYNE JRCorporal · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 25
- ALLEN BENJAMIN GOYNE JRCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 27
- EDISON DENNIS HULLPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 28
From Barceloneta
- RAFAEL VEGA-MAYSONETPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- CANDIDO SERRANO-GIRALLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- NORBERT MONTOYO-RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 7, 1969
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.