Dave Louis Gonzales
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 828219
March 20, 1926
in Hebbronville, TX
Edward “Eddie” Gonzales
Antonia (Diaz) Gonzales
Details unknown
Details unknown
March 24, 1944
at San Antonio, TX
September 19, 1944
from FMF Transient Center
October 4, 1944
to 4th Separate HQ&Service Battalion
Post 1958
Exact date unknown
745 Post Street, Corpus Christi, TX – address of father, Mr. Edward Gonzales
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with First Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Fourth Replacement Draft for transit overseas. Brief duty with Service Battalion, Transient Center, FMFPAC in Hawaii before transfer to Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 19 September 1944.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Assistant Cook
MOS: 060 (Cook)
Important Events:
February 21, 1945 – wounded in action (grenade fragment, left eyelid); evacuated to USS Hinsdale for treatment
February 26, 1945 – returned to duty
Transferred to Fourth Separate Headquarters & Service Battalion on 4 October 1945. Subsequent duty with 6th Service Depot through early 1946.
Gonzales served at a succession of posts, including
Marine Barracks NATB Corpus Christi (Texas), Naval Submarine Base Key West (Florida), Basic School Detachment Quantico, the 22nd Marines (in Virginia), Camp Lejeune, MCAS Miami, the Second Tank Battalion (at Lejeune) and Camp Pendleton. He also went overseas during the Korean War with the 1st Marine Division MP company from 1952-1953.
He last appears on available muster rolls in October 1958 as a sergeant with Company C (Reinforced), 7th Engineer Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, on Okinawa.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (February 21, 1945)
Citation
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Post-War Life
According to a post in “Dolphin Talk”:
“Following his service, Mr. Gonzales graduated from Culinary Arts of America and went on to become a corporate executive chef, traveling the country and world in that capacity for 25 years.”
