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ARTURO ALBERTO NAZABAL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – August 16, 1969
Service recordArturo Alberto Nazabal JR, of Merced, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 51
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · August 16, 1969
- CLIFFORD PAUL MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 1969
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1969
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.