While participating in the initial phase of Operation Hue City in the vicinity of Thua Thien, Vietnam, on Feb.
He served as a squad leader and platoon sergeant with the 3d Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. On July 1, 1967, he was promoted to sergeant, and later that month arrived in the Republic of Vietnam. in February 1967, he joined to 3d Replacement Company, Staging Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, for transfer to the Far East. He was promoted to private first class on Jan. Following this, he saw a one-year tour of duty as a rifleman and squadron leader with Company L, 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. He completed recruit training with the 3d Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, September 1965, and individual combat training with the 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry Training Regiment, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, October 1965Īfter completing individual combat training, he became a rifleman with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and served in that capacity until January 1966. Marine Corps Reserve at San Antonio, Texas, Jand was discharged to enlist as an active-duty Marine, July 6, 1965. He graduated from Lamar Grammar School, 1955, and from Edinburg High School, 1965. Gonzalez was born May 23, 1946, in Edinburg, Texas. Alfredo Gonzalez, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Vietnam War in February 1968.
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