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Casualty Info
Home Town Norwalk, CA
Last Address Norwalk, CA
Casualty Date Sep 15, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Misadventure
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Little Lake Cemetery - Santa Fe Springs, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates 18W 088/Plot: Block M, Lot 28, Grave 5
Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign/Operation Forsythe Grove
From Month/Year
June / 1969
To Month/Year
July / 1969
Description Jun 30 – Jul 3; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation in the Quảng Nam Province.