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KENNETH BRADLEY NORTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordKenneth Bradley Norton, of Laurel Hill, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurel Hill, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 7
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT MCKELLIP JRSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
- STEVEN MURRAYPrivate · May 8, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE NIXONCaptain · May 8, 1968
From Laurel Hill
- EUGENE CHRISCOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
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.