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AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1941 – March 10, 1966
Service recordAugusto Maria Xavier, of San Jose, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 311 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- May 26, 1941
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 1
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- JAMES PIERPONT MORGANSergeant · March 11, 1966
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.