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HUGH NORWOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordHugh Norwood, of Orange, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 37
- GARY EUGENE NEWBYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEWKIRKAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- RONALD ROY OGRINCFireman · July 29, 1967
- ROBIN LEE OLMSTEADPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL ARNDTCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 14
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 14
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 16
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 22
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 28
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 30
- GEORGE NEW JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 36
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 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.