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JIMMY LAYNE NORSWORTHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1947 – July 21, 1968
Service recordJimmy Layne Norsworthy, of Brantley, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Brantley, Alabama (Crenshaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 27
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- SOLOMON LEON MCMILLIANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE MOORESpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
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.