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NORBERT OTTO WERNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – October 31, 1968
Service recordNorbert Otto Werner, of Cypress, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 69
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Cypress, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 69
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ROGER WESLEY SWANSONStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD URBELISCorporal · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD FRANK FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 64
- FARIS E HOLLANDSergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
From Cypress
- JACK DENNIS HANGERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHARLES CURTIS CLENDENENSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
- PETER QUIRINUS BOETS JRCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DAVID MARLOW TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- JACKIE ANDREW CARRANOSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP COOKCorporal · February 18, 1969
- CLIFFORD LEE SWISHERPrivate First Class · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT W ROSSSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.