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HOLLIS RONNEY NORRID
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1944 – July 1, 1968
Service recordHollis Ronney Norrid, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 21, 1944
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 31
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- JOHN AULT LECOMPTELance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH OKUSKY JRSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GERALD BELINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 26
- TONY TROMBETTASpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 33
- THOMAS MELVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 33
- THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 34
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
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.