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LINZA NORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1946 – October 30, 1966
Service recordLinza Norris, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 131
- CHARLES WARREN SMITHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- EUGENE RICARDO TACTAY JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.