Gomez Rodriguez

Description
Gomez is a 5'10, purely Hispanic male. He has a clean shave all around, and hair slicked back. He is 167 lbs, and somewhat muscular. He is extremely healthy.

Early Life
Gomez grew up fairly well-off, with a middle class family in Mexico City. In elementary and middle school, he was mostly seen as a nerdy type of kid. He grew an interest into the United States throughout his years.

High School Life
Gomez had developed a crush on one of the girls in his school, Maria Lopez, as he continued by. His obsession with America was deemed unpatriotic by many, but he had no cares about it. In their final years, Maria and Gomez began dating. Gomez graduated high school with all B's, from his distraction from school work. He grew interested in guns at this time as well.

Adult Life
Gomez got a good job in Mexico City with his father's business. He gained enough money to get him and Maria a home in New Mexico as he worked. When they moved over, he also proposed to her. She accepted. He set up his father's business in New Mexico as well, gathering a good amount of income from this. However, in 1967, he was alerted that he was drafted into the US Army. He had no problem with this, yet he had an emotional exit. His wife was pregnant at the time.

Staff Sergeant
Gomez was quickly promoted to staff sergeant during his boot camp experience, and was assigned to the 11th Pathfinder Company. He was made the 227th's 2IC. He kept his head down,sticking by orders. He was an extremely skilled soldier while he was an SSGT. He attended few operations, mostly stuck at the FOB or on patrols. He was an extremely skilled soldier, even being considered for special forces before he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

2nd Lieutenant
Gomez was promoted to the 227th's Platoon CO when 1LT Elijah Gould was sent home, as his tour ended. He lead the 227th for barely 2 months before he was killed on a patrol in the Khe Sanh area.

Cause of Death
Gomez was leading a small patrol of 227th in the Khe Sanh region when they were quickly ambushed by VC remnants in the area. Gomez has run into the foliage, in attempt to find cover. When he did so, the ground collapsed underneath him, sending him into a large section of punji sticks. The remainder of the 227th killed 2 of the VC before retreating, suffering 1 more casualty when they did. Gomez left behind his wife and a son that was born in March 2nd,1968.