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ALFRED SATURN NAJAR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – February 24, 1968
Service recordAlfred Saturn Najar JR, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 12
- ROBERT EUGENE OSUSKIStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- CARL J REIDStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JOHNNY ROSE JRStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- LOWELL VETTER SMITHTechnical Sergeant · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LUIS ANGEL COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 7
- JAMES GORMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 9
- WALTER HERMAN HUCKSMaster Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 9
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.