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LANNY JOSEPH NORMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordLanny Joseph Norman, of Heltonville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Heltonville, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 51
- ROBERT JOHN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- ERNEST LOPEZ MORAPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAIR REAMS JRMajor · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LESLIE GLOREPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 48
- LANE CARSTON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 49
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.