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JOHN ALEXANDER NORRIS III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1942 – October 4, 1967
Service recordJohn Alexander Norris III, of Los Banos, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 50
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Los Banos, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 25
- 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 October 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 50
- DUANE ANDREW NOVOBIELSKIPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
- DAVID B OWENSergeant First Class · October 4, 1967
- CHARLIE F SAULERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
- TERRANCE H SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
From Los Banos
- VERNON DALE SANDVIGSergeant · March 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MANUEL SCANLONSergeant · August 8, 1970
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · January 22, 1971
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.