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KENNETH EARL NORRIS
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
April 29, 1944 – January 31, 1969
Service recordKenneth Earl Norris, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- April 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 27
- JOHN FREDERICK DARBY IIISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN MILLER IIIStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.