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JAMES RAPHAEL NORRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1946 – November 3, 1968
Service recordJames Raphael Norris, of New Haven, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- New Haven, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 12
- JAMES LARRY FULLERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1968
- JOE LEO MASCARENASSergeant · November 3, 1968
- BILLY JAY PITTSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN WILLIE POOLEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
From New Haven
- PAUL ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · August 4, 1970
- NICHOLAS G JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · August 13, 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.