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NARCISO FRANCIS HERRERA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1947 – July 2, 1966
Service recordNarciso Francis Herrera, of Alcalde, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Alcalde, New Mexico (Rio Arriba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 119
- LAWRENCE JOHN FRAHMANMajor · July 2, 1966
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · July 2, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
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.