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MARIANO R NEGRANZA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1947 – April 7, 1966
Service recordMariano R Negranza JR, of Roseville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Roseville, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 91
- THOMAS JOSEPH RALSTONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JACK A SMITHSpecialist Four · April 6, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- ROBERT RUSSELL BARNETTCaptain · April 7, 1966
From Roseville
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JRGunnery Sergeant · December 9, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN YATESLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE BRACELance Corporal · March 30, 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.