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DANIEL LEON NAVARRO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1949 – May 7, 1968
Service recordDaniel Leon Navarro, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 28
- RICK HAROLD FOSBURGStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · May 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN NEMETHPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.