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MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1945 – July 20, 1967
Service recordMiguel Zaragoza Contreras, of Corona, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- 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
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 93
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.