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MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1950 – August 5, 1971
Service recordMarshall Edward Naffziger, of Emden, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Emden, Illinois (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 124
- JAMES CHARLES REAMERStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1971
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- MARK JAMES EKLUNDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1971
- WILLIE MCCLOUD JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 123
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 123
- JAMES CHARLES REAMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 124
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
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.