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NORBERT ALBERT PODHAJSKY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 16, 1943 – November 29, 1970
Service recordNorbert Albert Podhajsky, of Toledo, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Toledo, Iowa (Tama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 94
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · November 29, 1970
- CECIL GERALD MOYER JRCaptain · November 29, 1970
- GRAYSON HENRY NEWBERRYStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- DOUGLAS HAROLD PARRISSergeant · November 29, 1970
From Toledo
- WILLIAM JAY BALFOURCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GERALD CARL KINNYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- GARY LADD SQUIERSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
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.