Raymundo Gomez

Staff Sergeant
A CO, 3RD BN, 21ST INF RGT, 196 INF BDE
Army of the United States
23 January 1936 - 01 April 1967
Uvalde, Texas
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196 INF BDE 21ST INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign
Raymundo Gomez

The database page for Raymundo Gomez

18 Oct 2004

Raymundo was raised and educated in Uvalde, Texas. He enlisted in the U.S. Army from there. He was a career soldier. His wife's family was from Big Spring, Texas, and he took up residency there. He had been in the Army for 10 years and began his tour in Vietnam on November 8, 1969. He was a platoon sergeant and he died from multiple fragment wounds on April 1, 1967. He is buried in Site 1781, Section V, Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. His family continues to reside in Big Spring. He is remembered by the Big Spring Vietnam Memorial and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Midland, Texas. May his sacrifice never be forgotten.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

"A" Company, 3rd of the 21st Infantry, lost eight men on 01 Apr 1967:
  • SSG Raymundo Gomez, Uvalde, TX
  • SGT Roger L. Bruno, Beckley, WV
  • SP4 Victor E. Press, Wilmington, DE
  • SP4 Angelo Torres, Chicago, IL
  • SP4 Richard M. Waterbury, Melbourne, FL
  • PFC Charles F. Bivetto, Elmont, NY
  • PFC Gary L. Faucett, Apalachin, NY
  • PFC Rene Fernandez, New York, NY


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a PBVMM representative,
Billy M. Brown
4015 Melody Lane, Odessa, Texas 79762
bmbrown@grandecom.net 
18 Oct 2004



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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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