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SALVADOR LOPEZ NORZAGARAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordSalvador Lopez Norzagaray, of Nogales, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Nogales, Arizona (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 70
- JERRY LAVERN ALFERINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD ELYSergeant · February 26, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAY MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- RAYMOND YAZZIECorporal · February 26, 1969
From Nogales
- RICHARD GEORGE ENGELMANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROSPetty Officer Second Class · July 26, 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.