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CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1938 – April 21, 1966
Service recordCharles Benjamin Norris, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 127
- DANIEL LOUIS PAUL SAUVEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- ERNEST LINWOOD JACOBS JRCorporal · February 4, 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.