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DEWIGHT EDWARDS NORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1951 – January 27, 1971
Service recordDewight Edwards Norton, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 66
- STEVEN JAMES OLCOTTSpecialist Four · January 27, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
- JAMES EARL WEATHERSBYPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- GARNEY BURLESON JRCorporal · January 28, 1971
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.