The Wall › Panel 19W › Texas › Joe William Norwood
JOE WILLIAM NORWOOD
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 26, 1949 – August 23, 1969
Service recordJoe William Norwood, of Van Alstyne, Texas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 102
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Van Alstyne, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 102
- KENITH LEWIS JARRELLPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL LABANISHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JAMES MACKStaff Sergeant · August 23, 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.