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MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIAN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 4, 1944 – June 18, 1966
Service recordMichael Anthony Najarian, of La Crescenta, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 61
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- La Crescenta, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 61
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
From La Crescenta
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- GREGORY PAUL KELLYLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CALLEN JAMES COURTEMANCHECorporal · January 31, 1968
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · March 21, 1970
- WARREN RICHARD SPENCERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.