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JOSEPH ROBERT NORRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – October 28, 1967
Service recordJoseph Robert Norris, of Hillsborough, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsborough, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 93
- THOMAS GLEN NAILEPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- ALVIN PIERIE RIVEREPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- HECTOR MANUEL ROMEROPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DENNIS ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 89
- THOMAS SAMUEL CLEMSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 90
- DAVID JOHN DONAHOECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 90
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 92
From Hillsborough
- JAMES EDWARD MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 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.