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RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1944 – November 11, 1966
Service recordRodolfo Guadalupe Gonzalez, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 56
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- TERRENCE MANN ROONEYWarrant Officer 1 · November 11, 1966
- EDMOND DAVID SCHOENIGSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- MILTON FRANCIS SMITHCaptain · November 11, 1966
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
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.