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GEORGE CLYDE NORRIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1942 – April 30, 1968
Service recordGeorge Clyde Norris, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALAN MCPHERSONLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · April 30, 1968
- RUSSELL WILLIS NOYESLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.