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GERALD WAYNE NORTON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1944 – January 6, 1968
Service recordGerald Wayne Norton, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 60
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (0200)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 60
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- STEVEN SPENCER SCHNACKCorporal · January 6, 1968
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 56
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 57
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 57
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 60
- JAMES PAUL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 61
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.