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MILFORD MARVIN TOGNAZZINI
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
May 7, 1934 – August 7, 1969
Service recordMilford Marvin Tognazzini, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 111
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
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- May 7, 1934
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 111
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- ROY OTIS BUCHANANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.