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DAVID LEE NORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1949 – December 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Norris, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 118
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 118
- MICHAEL KEITH WOODCOCKPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- RICHARD LEE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- RODNEY CHARLES GREYCorporal · December 13, 1970
- DONALD RAY JENKINSLance Corporal · December 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALVARO BARBOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 115
- BARRY EDWIN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 116
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 117
- CARLOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 117
- MICHAEL KEITH WOODCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 118
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 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.