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ALIN EMILE NORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1952 – April 30, 1971
Service recordAlin Emile Norris, of Floral Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 20
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Floral Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 20
- ERNEST RICHARD HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · April 30, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1971
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · April 30, 1971
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MILTON EASONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 19
- ERNEST RICHARD HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · Panel 3W, Line 20
From Floral Park
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERICILance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH STAHLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
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.