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MICHAEL ROBERT NORTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Robert Norton, of Eskdale, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Eskdale, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 2, 1969
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 23
- DENNIS JOSEPH KEMPFPrivate First Class · November 3, 1969
- STANLEY CHARLES KENTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE NAPIERSergeant · November 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 17
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · Panel 16W, Line 17
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 17
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 19
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 19
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 21
From Eskdale
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · February 4, 1970
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.