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DAVID JESUS NARANJO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1949 – March 7, 1971
Service recordDavid Jesus Naranjo, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 31
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 31
- SHELDON JOHN BURNETTColonel · March 7, 1971
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · March 7, 1971
- GEORGE ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1971
- HYRUM BARRY PORTChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 7, 1971
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.