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GRADY LEE NORRIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1929 – July 27, 1970
Service recordGrady Lee Norris, of Walhalla, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1929
- Home of record
- Walhalla, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 60
- HARVEY RAY NEALSergeant · July 27, 1970
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · July 27, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID RIFFESpecialist Five · July 27, 1970
- DAVID RALPH WEIGNERCaptain · July 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES MCDOWELLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 59
- HARVEY RAY NEALSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 60
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 60
From Walhalla
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANK THOMPSONPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLMESCorporal · November 6, 1969
- WILLIE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · March 5, 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.