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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Yoshiiwa Nagato.

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YOSHIIWA NAGATO

First Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 1, 1929 – July 19, 1966

Service record

Yoshiiwa Nagato, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9E · Line 42

Position of Panel 9E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Sergeant (1SG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
July 1, 1929
Home of record
Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 19, 1966
Age
37
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 9E, Line 42

Same unit, same day

From Los Angeles

All 540 names from Los Angeles →

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.