Private Navarra was a member of the 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy along the "Jamestown Line" on the eastern sector of I Corps in North Korea on 3 May 1953.

Navarra was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.