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STEVE GOMEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordSteve Gomez, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 1
- WILLIE JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- LINWOOD GOUGHCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE MACKCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 6
- EUGENE GEORGE OCONNELLSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 2
- DENNIS LAWRENCE STIGLITZCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.