Henry Gomez

Private First Class
E CO, 1ST BN, 14TH INF RGT, 3RD BDE, 4 INF DIV
Army of the United States
06 April 1946 - 02 October 1967
Riverside, CA
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4 INF DIV

14TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Henry Gomez

4 Dec 2001

Henry and I met in the early 60s while attending RCC in Riverside. We played on the RCC baseball team; he was a fine ball player. What I remember most about Henry is his infectious smile ... and he was always smiling. Everyone liked Henry; he was fun to be with and enjoyed teasing everyone. He drove a cherry metallic green old Ford pickup. It was a very old model, 1937 or 1938, I am not certain. Nonetheless, the truck was his pride and joy. Apparently, he was killed a month after I arrived in Vietnam. We did not serve together, but I'm certain he was a fine soldier and died honorably. God bless you, Henry.

Dan Rios
danrios@pop.ucr.edu

14 Jan 2003

Henry Gomez was a good friend.

I really knew Henry's little brother more than Henry.
Davey is his name. I remember Henry as a good example
of a person that really wanted to make something of
himself. We all had paper routes and were together in
the boy scouts and other group activities that our
neighborhood had going in the sixties. I remember when
we all heard of Henry's heroic death. I believe that he was
a paratrooper. I am glad to have been Henry Gomez' friend.

David Castro (AKA Dell de Casa Blanca)
now a born Again Preacher
and Seminary student candidate,
Masters of Divinity,
Fuller Theological Seminary.
firme_saint@msn.com

Henry - our C.B Hero.



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a college buddy,
Dan Rios
danrios@pop.ucr.edu 
4 Dec 2001



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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