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DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDuane Michael Normandin, of Gentilly, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Gentilly, Minnesota (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 25
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LYN DOUGLAS OBERDIERCaptain · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEENSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 2
- RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 27
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 35
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.