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ROY GONZALES JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1939 – March 5, 1966
Service recordRoy Gonzales JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1939
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 117
- CHARLES ELLIS CRUTCHFIELDSergeant · March 5, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 114
- ALBERT CABANAYANCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 114
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 115
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 116
- ALAN CRAIG MULFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 121
- ROBERT LANI NUEKULance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 121
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 123
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 124
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.