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TOMAS GONZALES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1946 – April 19, 1968
Service recordTomas Gonzales, of Beeville, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Beeville, Texas (Bee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 47
- JUAN GOMEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JESUS ARMANDO GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- OREN B MCCARROLLSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
From Beeville
- DON CARTHAL THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- THOMAS HENRY SWINNEASergeant · January 30, 1968
- JOHN HOUSTON BAKERCorporal · June 28, 1968
- AUBREY GRADY MARTINLieutenant · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HOSEAPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
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.