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GERALD OWEN NORTON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1938 – October 6, 1962
Service recordGerald Owen Norton, of Moulton, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 31, 1938
- Home of record
- Moulton, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1962
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 12
- THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · October 6, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- JERALD WAYNE PENDELLSergeant · October 6, 1962
Same unit, same day
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 12
From Moulton
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- REX STEWART WOODLieutenant Commander · June 2, 1967
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · July 9, 1968
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.