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TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – June 3, 1969
Service recordTomas Gomez-Robles, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Caguas, Puerto Rico (Caguas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 52
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · June 3, 1969
- ANDREW SIMMONS FARLEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- DONALD FRANCIS GINARTFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1969
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 49
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 53
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MITCHELL HARVEY SANDMANCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 58
From Caguas
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · January 13, 1967
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERASPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 1971
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.