Congressman Gonzalez Statement on Shameful Removal of Hometown Hero Sgt. Freddy Gonzalez from Naval History Website

EDINBURG, TEXAS – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released a statement following the shameful removal of Marine Corps Sergeant Freddy Gonzalez, a venerated Edinburg Vietnam Veteran, from the Naval History online database due to the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of records of women and minorities from government websites.

“Sgt. Freddy Gonzalez served his country in Vietnam, tragically lost his life at the age of 21 while protecting his platoon, received the Presidential Medal of Honor for his bravery and sacrifice, and has an active duty U.S. Navy missile destroyer named after him in his honor — yet, all that the Trump Administration will see him as is a name that deserves to be erased simply because he is Hispanic. This is a grave disrespect to Sgt. Gonzalez’s memory and a punch to the gut for South Texas and all of our servicemembers. Has the President no shame?”