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RUSSELL WAYNE NAUGLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1949 – February 15, 1968
Service recordRussell Wayne Naugle, of Republic, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Republic, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 51
- EARL MACKSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CLYDE RICHARD MCAFEEPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- MURAL MCDANIELPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY NELSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 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.