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DAN BAKER NORTON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 8, 1921 – September 28, 1968
Service recordDan Baker Norton, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 28, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- June 8, 1921
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 36
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROGER LEE JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 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.