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VALENTINE BERMEA GOMEZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordValentine Bermea Gomez JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 123
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 123
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
- DANIEL CHARLES CASESeaman · April 11, 1970
- ALONZO GARRETTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- GERALD M HELLMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 122
- GARY DONALD JEFFERSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 124
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.