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DARREL GENE NAPIER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1949 – March 25, 1969
Service recordDarrel Gene Napier, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 39
- GENE ORVILLE BLOSKYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ORBINOSergeant · March 25, 1969
- AVEY PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.