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FRANCIS XAVIER NAVA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1946 – September 8, 1966
Service recordFrancis Xavier Nava, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 77
- DAVID MCLEAN DESILETSLieutenant (junior grade) · September 4, 1966
- WILSON JUNIOR MAIZEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- CARL DEANE METROSPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- TOMMY MORALESPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS PERRYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
From Santa Fe
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
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.