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NICHOLAS LEON NAVARRO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1942 – January 27, 1967
Service recordNicholas Leon Navarro, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 87
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- J C NABORSMajor · January 27, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.