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ARMANDO SANCHEZ NAVARRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – August 28, 1968
Service recordArmando Sanchez Navarro, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 49
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 49
- JIMMY LEO HARRISPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HARTLEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH CRISWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 48
- JAMES CURRIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 48
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 49
- THOMAS ROBERT LAMBStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JEFFREY MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 51
- JAMES ROBERT PIZZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 53
- VICTOR M PLOURDESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 53
- CHARLES SOTOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 53
- PAUL MARION STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 53
- ISIAH THOMASCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 54
- ROBERT JAMES WASHINGTONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 55
- THOMAS VERNON WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 55
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.