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EMIL JOHN NAASZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – September 5, 1970
Service recordEmil John Naasz, of Wolf Point, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 40
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Wolf Point, Montana (Roosevelt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 40
- RONALD LEE POLANDSergeant · September 5, 1970
- LUIS RAMOSSergeant · September 5, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
- PRESTON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1970
From Wolf Point
- MICHAEL EDWARD STYERLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1970
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.