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GARY LESLIE NORMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1945 – December 19, 1967
Service recordGary Leslie Norman, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 26
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- LOUIE PETE PINAPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RANDALL BREWARD PURDYLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- STEVEN NICHOLAS RADUCorporal · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RALPH HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 23
- JEROME F LEVASSEUR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 24
- RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 24
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.