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LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1939 – December 3, 1965
Service recordLaavale Fuatau Tagata, of San Francisco, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 122
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 30, 1939
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 122
- WARREN LEIGH DEMPSEYCorporal · December 3, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN SINGERHOUSEPrivate · December 3, 1965
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 1965
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.