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GEORGE HAROLD NORTON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1929 – August 13, 1965
Service recordGeorge Harold Norton, of Oneida, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 13, 1965, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Oneida, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 52
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- JERRY WAYNE TOONAirman Second Class · August 13, 1965
- OVID KEITH WIGGINSChief Master Sergeant · August 14, 1965
From Oneida
- PHILIP CHARLES CRAIGCommander · July 4, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD LESLIELance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY PORTERSergeant · June 2, 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.