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SANTIAGO RODRIGU GONZALES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1945 – February 27, 1967
Service recordSantiago Rodrigu Gonzales, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 105
- GARY LEROY FULLERAirman Second Class · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH HALLSpecialist Five · February 27, 1967
- J H HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1967
- JAMES RAY HUBBARDSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND WOOLDRIEDGE RAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 108
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 108
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.