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TOM GONZALES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – December 7, 1967
Service recordTom Gonzales JR, of Midvale, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Midvale, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 58
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HUNTER GOODSPEEDMajor · December 7, 1967
- JESSE ARNEL GORDYSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- THOMAS CARR JEFFER HUBARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- JIMMY CHARLES ELRODPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 57
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- WILLIAM GRANT GILGER IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 58
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 59
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 60
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 61
- LARRY A WINSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 61
From Midvale
- JOHN JAMES MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 23, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT TUELLERSergeant · December 23, 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.